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Skyfest Limerick, Limerick City of Culture 2014 Image Name: Skyfest Limerick, Limerick City of Culture 2014 Description: Fireworks explode over King John's Castle, Limerick during the Skyfest display. - Photo: Kieran Clancy/ PicSure 13/3/10 © COPYRIGHT www.kieranclancy.ie
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Limk Jazz Launch, Limerick City of Culture 2014 Image Name: Limk Jazz Launch, Limerick City of Culture 2014 Description: Free Pics With Compliments John and Jack Daly pictured in Limerick for the Launch of the Limerick Jazz Festival. Pic. Brian Arthur/ Press 22. Top International and Irish artists on Shannonside The historic city of Limerick will celebrate its first-ever jazz festival with a lineup of some of the most exciting live performance groups ever to play in Ireland it was announced today (Monday). The inaugural Limerick Jazz Festival will take place between September 28 - 30th 2012, and will include exclusive performances by the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group from the USA and the Lianne Carroll Trio from the UK. Irish performers will include the Black Magic Big Band and Crisis Point. The headline acts will perform at Limerick’s leading venues, including the Lime Tree Theatre, Dolan’s Warehouse, the Belltable Arts Centre and Pery’s Hotel. There will be many other free performances across the city over the festival weekend, and lots of other special events in the preceding week to get Limerick “in the mood” including a jazz trail of local venues. The festival is being staged by Limerick Jazz Society and is supported by the Arts Council and Shannon Development.
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Limerick City of Culture 2014 Image Name: Limerick City of Culture 2014 Description: 4/11/13 Fidget Feet perform at launch Limerick National City of Culture 2014. New Yearâ??s Eve carnival will set the tone as city becomes national stage for cultural expression and performance Over 200 performances to take place, with additional big name acts to be revealed over coming weeks and months Monday, 04 November 2013: Today sees the much anticipated launch of highlights of Limerick National City of Culture 2014. Key elements of the year-long programme - see www.limerickcityofculture.ie/programme - that will deliver an unparalleled blend of cultural expression and performance in Limerick throughout 2014 were announced at Daghda Dance Space in the old St. Johnâ??s Church in the city. Over 200 different performances and exhibitions, spanning all aspects of culture and the arts, that will thrill, calm and even challenge the senses will be delivered by leading and critically acclaimed international, national and local acts in the most varied and embracing year of cultural expression staged in Ireland. The programme will run across 13 different themes â?? Streets; Stage; People & Places; Visual Art; Music; Secret Limerick; Food, Fashion & Craft; Na Leanaí; New Generation; Architecture; The Artists Call and Sport.. Picture: Sean Curtin.

Is é inniu an dara lá don Saol ó Dheas a bheith ag craoladh ó chathair chultúrtha na tíre, áit a mbeidh siad ag casadh le lucht eagraithe agus le muintir na cathrach le labhairt leo faoin méid atá beartaithe do Luimneach do 2014.  Seachtain na Gaeilge atá ann, freisin, agus muid ag teannadh le Lá le Pádraig, agus beidh Helen Ní Shé agus an criú ag labhairt le lucht na Gaeilge sa chathair faoin méid atá ar siúl leis an nGaeilge a cheiliúradh agus a chur chun cinn.

This is the second day that An Saol ó Dheas will be broadcasting live from Limerick, the first city to be designated as Ireland’s City of Culture.  Helen Ní Shé and the programme team will be discussing the year with organisers and the community there.  Seachtain na Gaeilge, the annual celebration of the Irish language, is also well under way as we approach St. Patrick’s Day, and Helen will be talking to Irish-language groups in the city about events planned for this year’s festival.