Words By Water Literary Festival

Kinsale

Thu 02 Oct 2025 - Sun 05 Oct 2025


Word's by Water, now in its third year is a cultural feast of Irish and international writers, from the famous to the newly published, covering the novel, short story, a poetry trail, non-fiction talks on travel and sports writing, graphic novels and comic writing, story telling, interactive fiction and more. The 2019 festival will include established writers like Donal Ryan, the hugely popular Chinese novelist Yan Ge and A List English poet Christopher Reid.

It will feature two writing competitions, six writing workshops, two or three panel discussions, a host of readings, a fair of exhibiting graphic novelists and comic artists, music sessions and more, all set in the back streets and quirky venues of old Kinsale.

Tickets from www.wordsbywater.ie will be available from May. Worth booking your accommodation sooner though...





More on Fri 3 Oct

Loading....

Fri 3 Oct

Tony Roberts

The Welcome Inn

Fri 3 Oct

Billy Gillies

Cyprus Avenue

Fri 3 Oct

Gilla Band

Cyprus Avenue

Fri 3 Oct

Cash Returns

Cork Opera House

Fri 3 Oct

Matt Molloy & John Carty, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver

Triskel Arts Centre

Fri 3 Oct

Flook

Triskel Arts Centre

Fri 3 Oct

Matt Molloy & John Carty, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver

Triskel Arts Centre

Fri 3 Oct

Season Ticket An Spailpín Fánach

An Spailpín Fánach

Fri 3 Oct

Craobh Rua, Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne

An Spailpín Fánach

Fri 3 Oct

Cork Folk Festival : Eoin 'Stan' O’ Sullivan & Shane Murphy -‘Bog Jazz’ Duo

Coughlan's

Fri 3 Oct

The Lee Sessions Trad Trail

The Corner House

Fri 3 Oct

Joe Irish

The Richmond Revival

Fri 3 Oct

Chris Bojack

The Blue Haven

Fri 3 Oct

Craven

Fred Zeppelins

Fri 3 Oct

The Lee Sessions Trad Trail

Sin É

Fri 3 Oct

The Lee Sessions Trad Trail

Sin É

Fri 3 Oct

DJ Lila Rose

The Park

Fri 3 Oct

Fiesta Latina with DJ Wilros

Crane Lane Theatre

Fri 3 Oct

Boss Hogg

The Vicarstown

Fri 3 Oct

DJ Hungry

The Vicarstown