Download Hopkins International Literary Festival 2025 (pdf format)
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FRIDAY 18th JULY
GROUP ART EXHIBITION
Desmond Morris; John Curran; William Finnie; James McKenna; Lena Koster; Brian O’Loughlin; Eleanor Swan; Kieran Behan
Opening: Desmond Egan
9.30 Festival Club: Coffey’s
Three poems: Katharine Coles
A Favourite Hopkins Poem: Kevin Fagan; Miho Takahashi; Elaine Marshall;
Michael Allsopp; Anne Doyle; Bruno Gaurier; Elaine Murphy; Mirko Starčević
MC: Elizabeth Doyle
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GRAND OPENING
5.00 Festival REGISTRATION begins
7.00 RECEPTION Music: Conor Mahony
GRAND OPENING
Martin Haydon TD, Minister for Agriculture; Food, Fisheries, The Marine; The Mayor of Kildare;
The Mayor of Newbridge ; Elaine Marshall' Hopkins Society, UK ; Rob Power MCC
Music: All-Ireland Champions, Senan and Cillian Moran
MC: William Adamson
GROUP VISUAL ART EXHIBITION
Desmond Morris; John Curran; William Finnie; James McKenna; Lena Koster; Brian O’Loughlin; Eleanor Swan; Kieran BehanOpening: Desmond Egan
9.30 Festival Club: Coffey’s
Three poems: Katharine Coles
A Favourite Hopkins Poem: Kevin Fagan; Miho Takahashi; Elaine Marshall;
Michael Allsopp; Anne Doyle; Bruno Gaurier; Elaine Murphy; Mirko Starčević
MC: Elizabeth Doyle
Piano Recital
HANS PALSSON (Sweden) plays
- Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 8 in A Minor, KV 310
- Beethoven: Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op.110
- Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat D 960
Admission: €30/€20 Advance booking advisable
Programme, tickets for Piano Recital 30 euro
Speakers
Check out Speakers and Topics for the 2025 Hopkins Festival
Multilingual Translation Workshop of Hopkins Poem
visiting translators from Japan, France, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, USA, Finland work on Hopkins poem, Spring and Fall. Download poem for Translation Workshop here.
Youth Hopkins Festival 2025
July 2003 Youth Hopkins Festival 2025 will be finalized later. Contact Derek to participate in this unique Youth Culture Progarmme is reserved.
Attendance at all events (including Classical Concert) during the week costs 350 euros.
Tickets etc
Getting to Newbridge
From Dublin Airport, the most direct way to get to Newbridge is with the Dublin Coach which goes hourly from the Airport to Newbridge. Check times, fares etc at their website. Dublin Coach
Accommodation
If possible, please book accommodation for The Hopkins Literary Festival as early as possible. Check out Kildare Tourism Website for other Kildare Visitor attractions to make the most of your visit to Kildare.
Visit The Hopkins Archive (started 1987)
- See Autograph Copy of Hopkins's Job Application in Dublin University
- Topics covered in the Hopkins Archive
- Alphabetical List of Speakersincluded in The Hopkins Archive
Most Visited Pages in The Hopkins website