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The Impact of Irish Refugees in shaping Liverpool I Thursday 23 February I Emma Smith & John Maguire, Irish Liverpool Festival
Emma Smith is Artistic Director and CEO of the Liverpool Irish Festival and has led the Festival since 2016, mounting the funding approaches and project plans to revitalise the pre-existing Liverpool Irish Famine Trail. She is former Director of LOOK/15 (the Liverpool International Photography Festival) and Head of Creative Enterprise at Bluecoat, Britain’s oldest multidisciplinary arts society.
John Maguire is the Liverpool Irish Festival’s History Research Group Leader, leading a “citizen research group” to help produce their recent book and unpick the history surrounding their Trail. He is also founder and director of Arts Groupie CIC; playwright, work shopper, performer and walking tour leader.