Ursula McGoey
The Goldsmith Literary Festival is deeply saddened by the passing of Ursula McGoey.
Ursula was a valued and cherished member of our festival community, whose warmth, generosity, and love of literature enriched all who knew her. Her presence brought friendship, wisdom, and dedication to the festival over many years.
She will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by all her friends and colleagues at the festival.
We extend our sincere sympathies to the McGoey family and all of her loved ones at this difficult time.
May she rest in peace
42nd Annual Goldsmith Festival
2026 Goldsmith Festival Poetry Competition Results
May 29th – May 31st 2026
Book Tickets Online via Eventbrite
Book Literary Tour via Eventbrite
Goldsmith Festival Brochure 2026
Goldsmith Festival Poetry Competition 2026
See Adjudicator Gerry Boland reading the winning entry from Aeman Abbasi at “Poetry af Pallas” on Sunday May 31st
Goldsmith Festival Poetry Competition 2026 ENTER HERE
Goldsmith Festival Programme 2025
Goldsmith Festival Poetry Competition 2026
2025 THEME
“Where Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay”
Must Economic progress mean Social Inequality?
The programme for the 2025 Festival is currently being compiled and will be announced in the coming weeks
Festival 2024 Brochure available here
Goldsmith Festival Poetry Competition 2024
€1000 in prizes Kindly Sponsored by Nally Bros Ballymahon
ENTRIES HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR THE
2022 Results now available here
€800 in Prizes
Goldsmith Winter Festival 2021
is now POSTPONED
The Goldsmith Winter Festival for 2021 due to take place on Friday Nov 19th has been postponed to a future date. This due to recent Govt advice regarding meetings and gatherings.
Goldsmith Festival 2021
Full Details of the Festival Programme are here.
Details of the location are below. The event will include the winning and highly commended poets reading their successful entries, reading and critique by Noel Monahan and some musical interludes.
Pallas is the birthplace of Oliver Goldsmith and is accessible off the R392 Ballymahon to Mullingar road, very close to the new Longford Forest Center Parcs development.
The google maps link is here.
The Goldsmith Festival is scheduled to take place over the June Bank Holiday weekend, June 4-6 and will be an entirely online event.
See details of our speakers here
“The Deserted Village”
As ‘Rural virtues leave the land’
The Environmental, Economic and Social sustainability of Irish Agriculture.
Goldsmith Online Festival 2020
Videos of this event are available here
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The Committee of the Goldsmith International Literary Festival would like to thank our Funding Agencies for their help in making the event possible.
