The Seán Corcoran Series is delighted to welcome the return of the Cailleach Books pop-up store who will be in situ in our home venue of the Old Methodist Church for the duration of the festival weekend.
They will be curating and selling a range of titles from artists on the festival programme, which will be available to buy at the festival and via their online store cailleachbooks.ie
A space for print, publishing and local people. Cailleach Books is an experimental and mobile bookshop concerned with the distribution of DIY publishing, zines, book objects and poetry pamphlets from Ireland.
A cailleach is an Irish word for witch or crone, a multifaceted, folkloric character, and an inspiration for this project. Cailleach Books appears in many forms and iterations, an ever-evolving bookshop space and practice.
The first iteration of Cailleach Books was launched for the month of June 2025 at the Kiosk Project Art Space and has since appeared at small press fairs, festivals, and artist-led studios and spaces.
Open: Throughout the festival weekend, Fri Sept 4 – Sun Sept 6
Venue: Old Methodist Church, St Laurence St, Drogheda (beside A92 E921)
Rita Hynes
Rita Hynes is a bookseller and creative producer whose practice is informed by DIY publishing, counterculture and the bookshop as a curatorial, artistic space. She produces open calls, reading events, panel discussions and community workshops on zines and print culture in Ireland. She formerly managed The Library Project’s art bookshop and for the past two years has been part of the Dublin Art Book Fair team at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. In June 2025, Rita launched the first iteration of an experimental bookshop called Cailleach Books at The Kiosk Project Art Space.
Rita founded the annual Drogheda Zine Fair in association with Droichead Arts Centre and curates The Underground Zine Archive’s collection and events. Drogheda Zine Fair is a local celebration of DIY publishing and counterculture organised by Rita Hynes. Drogheda Zine Fair hosts workshops throughout the year as well as an annual festival that builds community connections through a programme of events highlighting punk and underground zine making practices.