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IRON MOUNTAIN 2024

INTRODUCTION

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PEACE, WAR AND THE MUSIC OF WHAT HAPPENS

NEIL JORDAN & KEVIN BARRY AT THE IRON MOUNTAIN LITERATURE FESTIVAL ‘24


Writers Kevin Barry, Neil Jordan, Nelofer Pazira-Fisk and Ronan McGreevy are among the guests at this year’s Iron Mountain Literature Festival which takes place in the Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon on the weekend of October 4th to 6th. 


The festival will explore themes of conflict and peace-making, with Derry peacemaker Denis Bradley to read from his memoir ‘Peace Comes Dropping Slow: My Life in the Troubles’, and Guardian journalist Rory Carroll discussing his book ‘Killing Thatcher: The IRA, The Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown.’ 


Nelofer Pazira-Fisk will discuss ‘Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East’, the final book by her late husband, the celebrated journalist Robert Fisk, who worked in Belfast from 1972-1975 and later became an Irish citizen. The ongoing controversy over the history of the IRA kidnapping of Don Tidey in 1983 and the events at Derrada Wood in Ballinamore will be discussed by co-author Ronan McGreevy.


IMPAC Dublin award-winner Kevin Barry (known for his short story ‘The Coast of Leitrim’) will read from his new novel ‘The Heart in Winter’, set in Butte, Montana in 1891 and described by Colum McCann as ‘a great big rollicking ballad of a novel.’ Novelist and film director Neil Jordan (‘Michael Collins’, ‘The Company of Wolves’, ‘The Butcher Boy’) will read from and discuss his memoir, ‘Amnesiac’ while award-winning Galway writer Caoilinn Hughes will read from ‘The Alternatives’ her highly-praised third novel set largely in North Leitrim.


Poet Mary O’Malley appears at the festival for the first time, reading from her new collection ‘The Shark Nursery’ with an additional selection of her fine poems on music. Music is also at the heart of the work of Jude Rogers, Welsh writer who will read from and talk about her book ‘The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives’.
The Iron Mountain Literature Festival is also pleased to welcome Omagh-born novelist and newspaper columnist Martina Devlin who will read from her new novel ‘Charlotte’, based on the life story of Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, who had strong family connections to Ireland. 


The festival will also feature readings and music in Skerry Rynn’s bar and grocers’ with the Iron Mountain Session, part of the Ballinaglera Traditional Music Weekend.

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