Events and Readings

    Shirley is available to give readings, solo or as part of the group Catch The Moon. She is also available to run creative writing classes for community or health-related groups. If you have an enquiry, please email Shirley

Recent Events

  • Catch the Moon read at the West Cork Literary festival on Friday 8th July, 4 pm 2011 in Cafe Organico. This marked Catch The Moon's first birthday : its first ever gig was at this festival July 2010!
  • Catch the Moon read at Kinsale Arts Festival, Co. Cork, on Sunday 10th July 2011, Kinsale Bookshop at 3.30 pm.
  • Catch the Moon read at the Trevor/ Bowen Summer School, in the Town Hall, Mitchelstown Co. Cork on Sunday 17th July 2011 at 4.30 pm - more info here
  • Shirley read alongside Geraldine Mitchell at Clifden Arts Festival on Monday, 19th September at 4.15 pm. Introduced by poet Joan McBreen - more info here
  • Shirley read at O Bheal, on Monday, 3rd October at 9.30 pm - more info here
  • May 2011, Catch The Moon appeared at the FlatLake Festival Monaghan
  • March 2011, Catch The Moon appeared at the Trash Culture Revue, Cork
  • Sunday 20 March 2011, 3.30. Reading at Durrow Arts Festival (Church of Ireland, The Square) with Catch The Moon (Shirley McClure, Tina Pisco, Kathy D'Arcy & Jane Clarke).
  • Thursday 20 Jan 2011, 8.30pm. Reading at Cleere's Theatre Bar, 28 Parliament St, Kilkenny with Catch The Moon (Shirley McClure, Tina Pisco, Kathy D'Arcy & Jane Clarke).
  • Tuesday 1 Feb 2011, 8pm. Reading at The Space Inside, Wicklow Sailing Club, Wicklow town, with Catch The Moon.
  • Saturday 19 Feb 2011, (Time TBC). Reading at the Cork Spring Literary Festival (venue TBC) with Catch The Moon.
  • Shirley McClure was interviewed LIVE on RTE Radio 1's premier Arts programme, Arena, on Tuesday 2nd November 2010 at 7.30pm. (play it here).
  • Shirley has also been interviewed on writer Nuala Ní Chonchúir's blog here.
  • Shirley also appeared with poetry ensemble Catch The Moon as part of Cork's Trash Culture Review 2010 at 1pm on Saturday 6th November in O'Conaill's Chocolate Shop on French Church Street
  • Wednesday 24 Nov 2010. Cork launch of Who's Counting? by Eugene O'Connell for Bradshaw Books, time & location to be confirmed.
  • Wednesday 27 Oct 2010, 9pm. Limerick launch of Who's Counting? at The White House Bar, Limerick.
  • Sat/Sun 4/5 September 2010, 3pm each day, Spoken Word tent at Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co.Laois.
  • Thursday 9th September, 6.30 pm, Unitarian Church, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2: launch of Who's Counting? By Poetry Ireland alongside Roderick Ford's launch of The Green Crown.
  • Monday 13 September 8 pm: reading at Bray Arts Club, Heather House Hotel, Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
  • Friday 24 September, Culture Night event: performance by Catch The Moon (Shirley McClure, Tina Pisco, Kathy D'Arcy & Jane Clarke), St.Luke's Church, Cork.
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