Tales from Lismore’s Immrama festival

War reporter Tim Butcher and Irish nomad Manchán Magan are among those telling their tales at the Immrama festival in Lismore, writes Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin

SOME of the world’s best-known travel writers have attended Immrama, Ireland’s annual festival of their craft. ‘Immrama’ is an early Irish word for a ‘voyage tale’ and the event will take place in Lismore, Co Waterford, from June 12 to 15.

The inaugural festival was held in 2003, and this year will include readings, workshops and a Gregorian Mass across the four days.