ECHOES Festival

MAEVE BINCHY
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3rd – 5th october 2025

Echoes – Maeve Binchy Literary Festival

Celebrate the life & work of Maeve Binchy & other writers with us.

Circles of Friendship featuring: Marian Keyes, Claire Keegan, Donal Ryan, Patricia Scanlan, Lisa Harding, Conall Morrison, Anne-Marie Casey, Gerard Stembridge, Sinéad Moriarty, Roisin Ingle, Niall MacMonagle, Oliver Callan, Anna Carey, Michael Harding, Catherine Dunne, Caroline Erskine, Ian Robertson, Sophie White, Andrew Meehan, Lise-Ann McLaughlin, Jessica Dromgoole, Sarah Binchy and Gordon Snell.

See Full Programme 3rd-5th October on the link below.

Check out www.echoes.ie archive for past years’ festivals.

WATCH VIDEOBook Here2025 Programme
Echoes Maeve Binchy Literary Festival 2025
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Festival Friday

ECHOES opens on Friday evening of the festival weekend with a performance of some of Maeve’s work.

Maeve Binchy’s award-winning play Deeply Regretted By… directed by Conall Morrison. This powerful and quietly devastating one-act play lifts the veil on a hidden layer of Irish emigrant life, exploring identity, secrecy, and the human cost of living between two worlds. First performed in 1978, this Rehearsed Reading brings new resonance to a timeless story.

 Tickets: €34.95 (plus booking fee)

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guided walk

Sunday – Marvellously Maeve

Enjoy an exclusive immersion in the life and times of world-famous author Maeve Binchy in her adored hometown of Dalkey.

Begin in the Writers’ Gallery with our knowledgeable guides & a video of Maeve talking about her writing.

“I thought everyone came from a place like this…until we went to see the world and discovered we were spoiled rotten”.

Hear the story of the Gordon Snell rose.

Tickets: €28.95 (plus booking fee)

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Maeve Binchy Guided Walk Group Echoes Festival, Dalkey Castle, Dublin, Ireland
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Tottenham Court Road

Tottenham Court Road

Maeve Binchy’s Tottenham Court Road, adapted for stage and directed by Jim Culleton. Maeve Binchy’s story wittily follows Julia through a sex shop, blending sharp humour and empathy as she seeks a book to hide her romantic inexperience.

Followed by a discussion with Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company and Gillian Binchy.

Tickets: €34.95 (plus booking fee)

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Directions & Transport

Dalkey is on some of the most stunning coastline, with a mountainous backdrop, just south of Dublin City Centre, en route to Co. Wicklow.

Aside from by car, the quickest way to reach the Castle is by DART. The DART journey is a relaxing experience travelling along the beautiful coastline with magnificent sea views. Dalkey is approx. 30 minutes from Dublin's Connolly, Tara or Pearse stations (travelling south). Turn right on exiting Dalkey train station.

Dalkey is on the Aircoach route to/from Dublin Airport. From Dublin City Centre, a number of local bus options are also available. Paid parking and coach parking are available nearby.

Dalkey Castle postcode for Google Maps is A96 DE61.

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Opening Times

We are open six days a week, all year round.
Closed every Tuesday.

January - May & September - December

Monday to Friday: 10.00 - 17.30
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays: 11.00 - 17.30

June, July & August

Monday to Friday: 10.00 - 18.00
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays: 11.00 - 18.00

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tickets & Info

Tickets for Living History Tour encompass fully guided tour of 14th Century Townhouse Castle, 10th Century Early Christian Church & Graveyard, Modern Writers' Gallery & Heritage Centre with interactive screens & scale models. Dalkey Castle, where costumed actors bring history to life.

ADULTS €16

SENIOR / STUDENT €15

CHILD (4-12 YEARS) €10.50

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Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre
Castle Street, Dalkey, Co. Dublin,
Ireland, A96 DE61

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+353 1 285 8366

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