In the News

A campaign will see 40,000 books delivered to children who need them most in hospitals, care settings and Direct Provision Centres across the country by An Post for World Book Day.

On Friday, the 13th of February, acclaimed writer Gerry McGovern will be in Leitrim to discuss his new book ‘99th Day: A Warning About Technology.’

Leitrim writer Wayne Denniston is set to launch his new book God’s Lonely Men later this month, marking the first release under his newly established independent publishing label.

Leitrim dance teacher, artist, author, and organiser Edwina Guckian was featured on the Irish Times 50 People to Watch in 2026 list.

The launch of the Leitrim Guardian 2026, 58th edition, and the presentation of the Person of the Year Award to Gerry Farrell will take place in The Landmark Hotel.

Michael McGovern's memoir 'From Irish Fields to London Tunnels' tells the story of leaving Ireland at seventeen, surviving London’s tunnels, and building a life in Leitrim.

Josephine McCaffrey, who hails originally from Mohill, struck up an unlikely and heartwarming friendship with one of Ireland’s most recognisable figures — Mattress Mick.

At this year’s Iron Mountain Literature Festival, journalist and critic Fintan O’Toole gave a riveting talk on John McGahern’s The Dark — a book still capable of shocking, sixty years after its publication.

Sliabh an Iarainn has a long and varied history and those who lived on its slopes were great story-tellers, thereby handing on a rich oral tradition from one generation to the next.

Award-winning Leitrim author Kevin McManus's new book centres on Tom Ryan, a young Irishman, who sets sail to America in order to escape from the cruel clutches of the famine.

Andy McGovern, a 92-year-old has lived with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) for nearly half a century — making him the world’s longest-known survivor of the condition.

Longford Libraries, Archives, Arts and Heritage Services will host the launch of 'The Glorious 17th Infantry Battalion' by Hugh Farrell, in Longford Library.