SETU's literary voice amplified by students

The word ‘glór’ has many translations; voice, singing voice, music, sound.

 A generation known for its voice, the students in SETU have created the first arts magazine the campus has seen in a number of years. Featuring poetry, short stories, reviews, interviews and political commetary. It reflects the broad and diverse opinions, goings on and artistic output of the University in a well designed physical format.

Editor in Chief Katie Fitzgerald told the Waterford News & Star that she realised there was nowhere for her to publish her writing in college but instead of shrugging her shoulders and moving on, she decided to do something about it. The reception of Glór has been “overwhelming in the best way possible” according to Katie. Indeed the launch was well attended by many lecturers in the English department of SETU as well as the head of school.

Dr Jenny O’Connor spoke at the event saying: “This has lifted all of us, it has been such a fantastic endeavour.” 

Moreso even than the lecturers in the University, the students themselves appeared in droves to support the magazine. One of the editorial contributors, Kyle O’Toole said: “It started off as a completely random idea.”

He said the whole team was extremely driven to make the magazine as good as it could because “if I’m going to stand here as a representative of a whole college’s worth of literary work, you want to be as good as you can be.”

Kassie O’Mahony, a final year arts student at SETU, who’s short story ‘Ritualistic Reflections’ was published in the magazine, told the Waterford News & Star: “It was the first piece of fiction I’ve ever written so it was really nerve-wracking to put it out there but its such a supportive group and its lovely to have that environment in college.” As for what’s next, submissions have now closed for the second edition. If you want to learn more about the magazine, you can follow them on Instagram at glormagsetu.