Three-Legged Stool Poets

Clare Three-Legged Stool was founded in 2003 to celebrate the poetic work of men and women from North, South, and East - the three "halves" of Clare. There are at present some 16 members in the group which, to date, has produced two anthologies, a broadsheet, and Hidden Burren, a photographic essay on North Clare by Ilsa Thielen accompanied by verse. Two other calendars, one on East and one on West Clare, are planned following the same poetry-craft mix.

Clare Three-Legged Stool Poets' fourth season of readings for Winter 2011-2012 in Glór on the third Saturday of every month commenced on October 15th and will run until May 2012. Starting time is 2pm sharp. A noted addition is our guest spot at Electric Picnic 2011 on Sunday 4th September.

Winter 2011-2012 Readings

The season's readings take place in the Atrium in Glór, Ennis, unless otherwise stated, as follows:

  • Sunday 4th September 2011 - reading in the Spoken Word Tent at Electric Picnic 11 - at 14.00. Read more >>>
  • Saturday 15th October 2011 - guest poet Peter Kay. Read more >>>
  • Saturday 19th November 2011 - guest poet Edward O'Dwyer. Live music by Cathy Desmond. Read more >>>
  • Saturday 17th December 2011 - guest poet Noel Harrington. Music TBA. Read more >>>
  • Tuesday 10th January 2012 - guest poets Arthur Watson, Brian Mooney, Patrick Stack, and Peter Kay represent CTLS at 'On the Nail', Foley's Bar, Sarsfield St., Limerick.
  • Saturday 14th January 2012 - CTLS read at The Winter Music Festival in The Courthouse, Sixmilebridge at 2pm.
  • Saturday 21st January 2012 - guest poet Grace Wells. Music TBA. Read more >>>
  • Saturday 18th February 2012 - guest poet Teri Murray. Music TBA.
  • Saturday 10th March 2012 - guest poets John Pinschmidt, Fiona Clark Echlin, Joesph Healy and Deirdre Grimes of The Limerick Writers' Centre & 'On the Nail' . Music TBA.
  • Saturday 21st April 2012 - guest poet Arthur Watson who will be launching his first poetry collection. Music TBA.
  • Saturday 19th May 2012 - guest poet TBA. Music TBA.

Weekly Poetry Column

In conjunction with The Clare Champion, Clare Three-Leggèd Stool Poets are publishing a weekly poetry column which will be launched in the October 27th edition of the newspaper. Thereafter, a different poet will be featured each week.

Submissions are invited for consideration - detailed guidelines are available on the submission guidelines page.