The 2018 Wild Atlantic Words Festival conferred the 'Hall of Fame Award' on Anne Chambers for her contribution to Irish literature over the course of her writing career.
The presentation took place in the Linenhall, Castlebar on Saturday 13 October.
The Award was presented by former Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. TD
Date: Saturday 23 June at 8. pm Town Theatre, Westport
As part of FEILE CUAN MODH Anne is directing a scene from her new play MATRIARCHS - a drama about ageism and gender imbalance through the experiences of Grace O'Malley and Queen Elizabeth I.
Set on the eve of the Battle of Kinsale (1601) now in their declining years both women are experiencing the negative aspects of growing old and discover that, although perceived enemies, they have much more in common than they imagined.
In 2002, an eighty-five-year-old former civil servant was voted 'Irishman of the Century'.
RANJI MAHARAJAH OF CONNEMARA
Indian Prince KS Ranjitsinhji was the most famous cricket-player of his generation
GRACE O’MALLEY
Fearless leader by land and by sea, political pragmatist and tactician, rebel, pirate and matriarch, the ’most notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland’ GRACE O’MALLEY challenges and manipulates the turbulent politics of the 16th century