Laois Pride 2025
Laois Pride 2025 is fast approaching! Join us from the 8th-14th of September for our festival week, with an array of events to enjoy.
Our Festival Day will take place Saturday the 13th, followed by our Laois Pride Afterparty from 9pm! Find out more about all of the events below…
Laois Pride Writing Competition 2025
This year marks the second year of our writing competition in honor of Joe Drennan, a writer and journalist of many talents and a voice of the community. This year's theme is The Most Impactful Relationship in My Life.
Entrants are required to produce a piece of writing, either an essay or short story of no more than 1,000 words or poem of no more than 14 lines. The deadline for submissions has been extended to Monday September 1st. Send your piece along with your contact details (so we can let you know if you win!) to community@laoispride.com or by post to Youth Work Ireland Laois, JFL House, unit D, James Fintan Lalor Avenue, Portlaoise marked ‘Laois Pride Writing Competition’.
The winner will be selected by a panel of judges, and will be presented an award at the Laois Pride Community Day on September 13th at the Portlaoise School of Music, along with having your piece published in the Laois Nationalist.
Find the submission form below.
Laois Pride Writing Competition 2024 Winner
Tay in the Bog by John Headen
The Rally for Steam
The Catholes for Swimming
The Ploughing for muck, when the rain it does teem
An " H " for a " T " in a Laois Accent so flat
Makes Buhher from Butter
and Dah out of That
and a Rock for a Symbol,
that the strangers laid flat
Football for Schoolboys
and Clash of the Ash
Loose wristbands for Picnics
for friends scarce in cash
We are Bocht agus Bródúil agus Is Mise Le Meas
