Kenmare | Arts Festival | 2025
3 to 17 August 2025

SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY 2025
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Mill Cove Gallery and The Kenmare Chronicle launched the Kenmare Connected Anthology, showcasing the shortlisted entries from our inaugural Short Story Competition.
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We were truly moved by the depth, creativity, and passion in every submission.
We are pleased to share the list of authors below whose work will be featured in the Kenmare Connected Anthology 2025
As part of the Kenmare Arts Festival 2025, the launch evening featured selected readings from the anthology, the presentation of prizes, and a warm celebration of our local writing community.
FIRST PRIZE The Secret to Soda Bread – Lynda Marron
SECOND PRIZE Houdini – Sadhbh Moriarty
THIRD PRIZE My First Holiday – Eamonn O’Leary
Bridget O’Brien 1957 – Maureen Glover
Chirping and Buzzing – Donal Fitzgerald
Down To Me – Neil Brosnan
Pieces – Sue O’Sullivan Casey
Regret – Mairéad Hearne
The Songs I Sing– Siobhán Flanagan
The Fair Day Flying Carpet – John Atkinson
The Fruitcake Chronicles (A Slice of Redemption) – John Goode
The Mountains are Calling– Grace Vaughan
The Queen’s Nose– Patrick Holloway
Time is Always and Now – Michael Cavanagh
A Retirement Story – John Kelly
And They Were Happy – Lily McIntyre
Going Home – Kate Durrant
Home at Last – Sean Dalton
My Pet Lamb (and my Mother, my Hero) – Kathleen Sheehan
My Neidín My Little Nest– Mary O’Connor
Pride and no Prejudice – Tessa Dennison
My Photographic Journey – Myfanwy Frost-Jones
A Kenmare Family Through Time – Bob Frewen
Not the Vicar’s Wife – Vera Shaw
The Past, Present and the Future – Donnchadh Mac Cárthaigh
The Queendom - Sheila Flanagan
Sráidbhaile Na Síoga | Fairy Village – Katie Murphy
The Reluctant Swimmer – Sue Ryan