Edition VII of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal
Edition VII of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal
July 18 @ 7:00 pm – August 13 @ 7:30 pm IST
The edition’s themes include belonging, art, place, community, the Irish language, and nature.
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Edition VII of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal
Edition VII of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal is published on Saturday, 18 July 2026, as part of Smashing Times’ inaugural Kerry Arts and Human Rights Festival. This is a special bilingual edition themed ‘Muintearas: Macallaí Uíbh Ráthaigh/Belonging: Echoes of Iveragh’, incorporating both Irish and English, and publishing six artists with a connection to Uíbh Ráthach/Iveragh in County Kerry.
The edition’s themes include belonging, art, place, community, the Irish language, and nature. The contributing artists are Paddy Bushe (poet), Dominika Piekarska (visual artist), June O’Sullivan (novelist), Ita Ryan (writer), John Goode (poet), and Marie O’Shea (writer). The edition is available to purchase from this page from Saturday 18 July 2026 onwards. The edition is being launchedin The Barracks Heritage Centre, Cahersiveen, Kerry on Saturday 18 July 2026.
When you purchase your copy of Tintreach, it will be emailed to you within 48 hours, Monday – Friday
Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal is a new publication in the Irish arts scene. Published quarterly online, it features works from across the artistic spectrum and combines up-and-coming voices with those of more established artists. Each edition of Tintreach includes three or four artworks by a Featured Artist, a Featured Artist Interview, work by three other artists (usually with multiple artworks by each), and occasionally an article contribution by Mary Moynihan, Smashing Times Artistic Director and a writer and creator of art and photography. The journal appears in January, April, July, and October. Tintreach is edited by writer Féilim James.
Tintreach was established as a continuation and major expansion of the Tintreach section of the monthly Smashing Times Newsletter. Previous contributors to Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal and the Tintreach section of our newsletter include poets Jessica Traynor, Mary O’Malley, and Annemarie Ní Churreáin; Senator Lynn Ruane; 2023 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Narges Mohammadi; director and playwright Dijana Milošević; rapper-singer Saint Levant; and many more.
‘Tintreach’ is the Irish word for lightning, which for us symbolises the spark that animates art, making it striking and engaging. What sets Tintreach apart as a publication? Firstly, we are open to all artforms that can be read or viewed in page format. Secondly, each artist selected for publication will have multiple pieces included, unless their contribution is a short story, non-fiction essay, or novel extract. The purpose of this is to offer artists, especially emerging artists, more exposure than a journal publication would normally offer.
Tintreach ISSN: ISSN 3088-7070
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