OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION
​IN THE IRISH WORKHOUSE CENTRE

Sunday, 7 September at 5pm

Singer-songwriter John Luke will be joined by Doire Press published poets Karen
J McDonnell and Jennifer Horgan for an evening of music and poetry.
This will be followed by the Exhibition Opening at 6pm. All are welcome!

​John Luke is a 20 year old singer/songwriter from Portumna. His debut single “Already Been Told” was released in March 2024, and to date he has released his eighth single “City Lovin”, with plenty more music on the way. He has been playing various instruments and singing from a young age.

Karen J McDonnell is published widely. Her poem “Driftwood” was shortlisted for the 2021 Irish Poem of the Year. Her debut collection, This Little World, was published by Doire Press. Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominated, her work appears on several shortlists and she was awarded Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Birr writers’ residencies.

Jennifer Horgan is a Cork based poet, teacher & journalist who writes a weekly column for The Irish Examiner. Her creative work has appeared in numerous online and print
anthologies including Howl, Crannóg, The Honest Ulsterman, Southword (forthcoming) and Ink Sweat and Tears. Care, her debut collection was published by Doire Press in 2025.

In the Gallery at the Workhouse, in the Double Gallery, we will show the work of  six of our invited artists,
Eva O’Donovan, Mary Horan, Pauline Quigley, Wolf Lorien, Melanie Lorien and Astrid Tomrop-Hofmann. 

​The work of local artists will be displayed in the Long Gallery.