Kathleen Murray

Kathleen Murray is an acclaimed short story author. Her electrifying debut novel, The Deadwood Encore (2022) was recently selected as Carlow’s representative in the Irish Times’ list of 32 novels set in 32 counties.

Here, Kathleen will talk about why she chose to set her novel in a fictionalised version of Carlow town and how her characters’ idiosyncratic voices were inspired by the speech and idiom of her native county.

Spokes

This talk is part of Spokes, a series of discussions and workshops about our sense of place within County Carlow. Spokes hosts conversations on language, cycling, ecology and more.

Cycles

Spokes is part of Cycles, a community engagement project happening across Hacketstown, Rathvilly, Graiguecullen and Tullow, and led by artists Michelle Browne and Eszter Némethi. Cycles will culminate in a large outdoor cycling and performance event in September 2023.

Funded by ART:2023, a Decade of Centenaries programme

Presented by The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon, in association with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

This project is created in partnership with Carlow Sports Partnership, Carlow County Council Arts Office, Carlow County Development Partnership, Carlow County Library, Carlow Museum and Carlow Environmental Network.