Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Joanne Johnston and speaker, Geraldine Lavelle. Photo: John Mee
Mayo's Wild Atlantic Words Festival draws to a memorable close
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THE ninth annual Wild Atlantic Words Festival in Castlebar has drawn to a memorable close.
The final event of the week-long celebration of local and national literary accomplishments was the popular 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' session hosted admirably by John Healy.
Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Ecy Redmond and Frank McDonald. Photo: John Mee Photography
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The guests were four Castlebar people who have excelled in their own fields.
The panel at Sunday Morning Coming Down, Geraldine Lavelle, Kevin McDonald, Ray Lawlor and Tom Rowley with host John Healy at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival. Photo: John Mee Photography
Kevin McDonald, author of 'A Life Less Ordinary, soldier, mountaineers and archaeologist', Tom Rowley, columnist with The Sunday Independent and former journalist with The Connaught Telegraph, Geraldine Lavelle, author of 'Weathering the Storm', the story of a courageous young woman's determination to survive the harshest of life's storms in the aftermath of a life-changing accident, and Ray Lawlor, writer of the hit TV series, 'Obituary.'
Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Betty and Paddy Gannon. Photo: John Mee Photography
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Their stories were greatly enjoyed by an appreciative audience.
Roll on October 2025!
Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Jennifer Healy and daughter, Clarisse. Photo: John Mee Photography
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Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Jimmy and Mary McHugh. Photo: John Mee Photography
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Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Bernie Rowland and Eanya Egan. Photo: John Mee Photography
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Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Mary Chambers, Lisa Chambers and Maria Staunton-Murray. Photo: John Mee Photography
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Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Sharon and Beverley Flynn. Photo: John Mee Photography
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Pictured at "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Wild Atlantic Words literary festival are Tom Rowley and Seamus Murphy. Photo: John Mee Photography
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