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It operates on the premise that creative writing is an essential part of every child\u2019s education: that giving children a real dedicated chance and space to explore the limitlessness of their imaginations, does great things.\u00a0 The raw skills that are passed on are some of the key ingredients for succeeding in life with marked improvements in self-expression, literacy, self-esteem and self-confidence.\u00a0Kerry Writers\u2019 Museum, Listowel established the first Fighting Words Centre in Kerry in 2018 and continue to deliver free creative writing workshops to primary and secondary school pupils. The aim in 2019 is to broaden the reach yet again and to strengthen committment to the project.\u00a0The \u2018<em>Fighting Words\u2019<\/em> Creative Writing Programme is supported\u00a0through Creative Ireland Kerry in partnership with the Kerry Writers Museum, the\u00a0Seancha\u00ed Centre Listowel. The intention is to extend the\u00a0project as an opportunity for the entire county. \u00a0The feedback and take up from schools has been most positive with in excess of 200 children having participated in year one.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7605,"template":"","class_list":["post-7604","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>Fighting Words Kerry 2019 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fighting Words is a free creative writing programme founded by Roddy Doyle in 2009.\" \/>\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\/fighting-words-kerry-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fighting Words Kerry 2019 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fighting Words is a free creative writing programme founded by Roddy Doyle in 2009. 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