Patrick MacGill Summer School Mid August Glenties, County Donegal. The Merriman Summer School August Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare. The sessions are led by both US and Irish writers, who will also give public readings of their own work. Voluntary individual conferences and small group tutorials supplement workshop sessions. Workshop participants traditionally represent different levels of skill, from beginners to experienced professionals.
Sessions are in verse and prose.
The prose workshop may include fiction and non-fiction. Verse may include all forms of poetic expression. Apart from scholarships, the Workshop last year had places for up to fifteen additional Irish participants. Fees were IEP250. Milwaukee Irish Fest is the largest such festival in North America.