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Thank You from Cobh Readers & Writers Chairperson, John Smith

Hello Everyone,

Another Festival has drawn to a close and on behalf of
Cobh Readers and Writers Committee, I would like to
thank all those who made this year’s festival possible.
No festival would be successful without the commit-
ment and goodwill of it’s participating artists. We had
a wide representation of the arts in our festival and
to all of those who performed and assisted in creat-
ing and running each event, our sincerest thanks and
appreciation. Including, yet not limited to Haulbowline
Theatre Group, John Spillane, Molgoggers Cobh, Char-
lie Piggott, John Adams, Paul Casey, Rude Judes, Peter Walsh, Michael Mee, History
Ireland, Dowtcha Puppets

We had great audience numbers for all our events throughout the weekend and we
would like to thank our audiences and the people of Cobh for all your support.

Congratulation to the winners of our competitions Bernie Carney, Páidí Ó Maoláin,
Kaytlin Denehan Barry, Elaine Hogan and Rory Duffy.

We would like to thank our Sponsors Cobh Credit Union Ltd, Cork County Council
for their wonderful support over the last few years.

We would also like to thank the wonderful venues and their staff, The Commo-
dore Hotel, Cobh, Sirius Arts Centre, The Rob Roy Bar, Cobh, Bellavista Hotel Cobh
Co.cork, Cobh Library., Cobh Cottage market formally known as Cobh Summer
Swing Events, and Coliemore The Artists House, for all their assistance throughout
the year and during the festival.

On a personal note, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the tireless work
and commitment from our committee, Trish Carlos , Peter T Kidney, Anna Keating,
Fionnghuala Smith, and Ruairi De Barra.

We have some great ideas and themes for next year and we want to steadily build
our festival and give our wonderful artists a platform to promote their art in the
coming years.

Should anyone want to come onboard with ideas or assisting by becoming a com-
mittee member, please feel free to contact us here, on twitter @CobhRW or via our
website www.cobhreadersandwriters.com, your input will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks again,

John Smith
Chairperson,
Cobh Readers and Writers