Why do we turn to poetry? Ask a hundred people and you'll get a hundred answers. Still, the underlying thread of truth is ...

📣 Poetry Day Ireland returns 1st May 2025 with the theme May Day!🎉 #MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while ...

One Irish man, Arun Sharma, explains how his upcoming poetry book has given him pause for reflection on his experiences growing up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and become catharsis for the ...

Paul is from Belfast and lives in Clonakilty. He was awarded the Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize by Carol Ann Duffy. Other poetry awards include first prizes in The Moth International, the Nottingham Open ...

LUNENBURG — Storyteller, singer, and harper Kate Chadbourne is excited to celebrate spring and April Poetry Month with traditional Irish poems set to music, stories that extol cleverness and ...

A shy, sensitive child who worried what other people thought, Jennifer started writing poetry aged 10 or 11. “I was ...

Ireland is being represented at the multilingual Printemps des Poètes-Luxembourg Poetry Festival for the first time by Wicklow poet Jane Clarke. Born in 1961, Jane grew up on a farm in the west of ...

fellow writers and readers both in Ireland and internationally.” Now in its 24th year, the Strokestown International Poetry Competition has announce this year’s shortlist, judged by acclaimed ...

Carmen Bugan’s books include a memoir, Burying the Typewriter: Childhood under the eye of the secret police (Picador) as well as several collections of poetry, including Lilies from America ...

Seamus Heaney was born on this day, April 13, 1939, in Castledawson in Co Derry. What better way to celebrate the famous Irish poet's life than by revisiting his "When All The Others Were Away at ...

Early mentions of the cave in Irish poems refer to it as “The Darkest Place In Ireland”. If you are a history buff, this is a wild tale of greed. Aside from that, the cave in itself is an ...

Held annually in Galway, Cúirt celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, marking four decades of literary innovation. This ...