{"id":32217,"date":"2024-08-08T03:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T02:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T03:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T02:04:14","slug":"the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The annual Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival takes place every May in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, Ireland. From it\u2019s initial beginnings almost thirty years ago the festival has grown to incorporate talks for second level students,\u00a0 adult poetry, short story competitions and workshops, readings, historical trails, musical performances, nature walks, theatre performances and an 18th Century Costume Tea Party.\u00a0 This festival in Edgeworthstown has established itself as one of the best literary events on the Irish calendar and has attracted visitors from all over Ireland and abroad who share an interest in literary history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32218,"template":"","class_list":["post-32217","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The annual Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival takes place every May in Edgeworthstown, Co.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The annual Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival takes place every May in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, Ireland. From it\u2019s initial beginnings almost thirty years ago the festival has grown to incorporate talks for second level students,\u00a0 adult poetry, short story competitions and workshops, readings, historical trails, musical performances, nature walks, theatre performances and an 18th Century Costume [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/\",\"name\":\"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/maria-edgeworth-festival.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-08T02:04:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/maria-edgeworth-festival.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/maria-edgeworth-festival.jpg\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":840},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts - Creative Ireland Programme","description":"The annual Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival takes place every May in Edgeworthstown, Co.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts - Creative Ireland Programme","og_description":"The annual Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival takes place every May in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, Ireland. From it\u2019s initial beginnings almost thirty years ago the festival has grown to incorporate talks for second level students,\u00a0 adult poetry, short story competitions and workshops, readings, historical trails, musical performances, nature walks, theatre performances and an 18th Century Costume [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/","og_site_name":"Creative Ireland Programme","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@creativeirl","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/","name":"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts - Creative Ireland Programme","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/maria-edgeworth-festival.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-08T02:04:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/maria-edgeworth-festival.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/maria-edgeworth-festival.jpg","width":1400,"height":840},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-maria-edgeworth-festival-of-literature-arts-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature &amp; Arts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/","name":"Creative Ireland Programme","description":"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/32217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}