Michael Harding is an acclaimed Irish author, playwright and memoirist; recipient of a Stewart Parker Award for Theatre, a Hennessy Award for fiction, and winner of the Bord Gáis Book of the Year Award in 2013. He has been a columnist with the Irish Times for many years, and regularly performs on stage and screen.
The longest-running community arts festival in Ireland, Clifden Community Arts Festival, now heading into its 49th year will take place from September 17-27, and yet again promises to have something to excite everyone in the 2026 programme.
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