Ireland - Poetry International

(Ireland, 1963)

Pat Boran was born in Portlaoise, Ireland, in 1963 and currently lives in Dublin. Prior …

Colm Breathnach

(Ireland, 1961)

Breathnach was born Cork City in 1961. He studied philosophy and Irish at UCC and now …

Kimberly Campanello

(United States, 1980)

Shit makes me involuntarily hungry. (‘Consent’) The opening two …

(Northern Ireland, 1948)

Ciaran Carson was born and grew up in Belfast, where Irish was the first language of …

(Ireland, 1958)

Like many others, I first encountered the poetry of Brendan Cleary in the pages of the …

(Ireland, 1952)

Harry Clifton was born in Dublin in 1952. He studied at Blackrock College and later at …

(Ireland, 1939)

Michael Coady was born in 1939 in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, where he has lived …

James Cummins was born in the Middle East, but because of his pale skin and ginger …

Paula Cunningham

(Ireland, 1963)

Paula Cunningham was brought up in Omagh, County Tyrone, and has spent much of her …

(Ireland, 1981)

Ailbhe Darcy was born in Dublin in 1981, raised there, and currently lives in South …

Celia de Fréine

(Ireland, 1948)

Celia de Fréine is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and poet who writes in …

(Ireland, 1961)

Louis de Paor was born in Cork in 1961. Despite being a decade younger than the …

(Ireland, 1943)

John F. Deane is one of the most gifted and influential poets in Ireland, not only …

(Ireland, 1958)

Greg Delanty is one of the most important lyric poets of Southern Ireland. Although the …

(Ireland, 1962)

Katie Donovan, born 1962, grew up on a farm in County Wexford and is now based in a …

(Ireland, 1953)

Theo Dorgan was born in 1953 into a large working-class family on Cork City’s …

(Ireland, 1944)

(Ireland, 1944)

John Ennis was born in Westmeath in 1944. A winner of the Listowel Open Poetry …

(Ireland, 1961)

Martina Evans was born in 1961 to a large family in County Cork, where her mother ran a …

(Germany, 1951)

Peter Fallon was born in Germany to Irish parents and moved to Ireland at the age of …

(Ireland, 1927–2011)

Patrick Galvin was a playwright, songwriter and author of a bestselling series of …

(Belgium, 1980)

Miriam Gamble was born in Brussels in 1980 and grew up in Belfast. She belongs to …

(Ireland, 1973)

For anyone unfamiliar with the work of Alan Gillis it might be a surprise to discover …

(Ireland, 1964)

Vona Groarke was born in 1964 in Edgeworthstown in the Irish Midlands, a town already …

(Singapore, 1951)

Kerry Hardie was born in Singapore in 1951 and grew up in County Down. Once a …

(Britain, 1956)

James Harpur was born in Britain in 1956 to an Irish father and a British mother and …

Michael Hartnett

(Ireland, 1941–1999)

Michael Hartnett was born in Croom, County Limerick, in 1941. He was one of the most …

(Ireland, 1939–2013)

Seamus Heaney was born between Toomebridge and Castledawson in Northern Ireland in …

Michael D. Higgins

(Ireland, 1941)

Michael D. Higgins, poet and President of Ireland, was born in Limerick in 1941. He was …

(Ireland, 1963)

For those familiar with the Irish literary scene, it is understood that describing a …

(United Kingdom, 1964)

Born to Irish parents and raised in Birmingham, England, Joseph Horgan has lived in …

(Ireland, 1947)

Trevor Joyce was born in Dublin in 1947 and raised between Mary Street in the city …

Brendan Kennelly

(Ireland, 1936)

Brendan Kennelly is a celebrated figure among his own countrymen, almost as much so as …

Michael Longley

(Ireland, 1939)

Michael Longley belongs to the leading Irish poets of his generation. He was born to …

(United Kingdom, 1975)

Dave Lordan was born in Derby, England, and grew up in Clonakilty in West Cork. He has …

Aifric Mac Aodha

(Ireland, 1979)

Aifric Mac Aodha was born in Dublin in 1979. Her first collection, Gabháil …

Catherine Phil MacCarthy

(Ireland, 1954)

Catherine Phil MacCarthy was born in County Limerick in 1954 and educated at …

(Ireland, 1941)

Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941 and studied French literature at Trinity …

Jennifer Matthews

Jennifer Matthews, originally from Missouri, lives in County Cork. She writes poetry …

(Ireland, 1973)

John McAuliffe was born in 1973 and grew up in Listowel, Co Kerry. He studied at NUI …

Thomas McCarthy

(Ireland, 1954)

Thomas McCarthy was born and raised at Cappoquin Co. Waterford. He began to publish …

(Ireland, 1955)

Paula Meehan was born in 1955 and raised in two famous working-class districts of …

Máire Mhac an tSaoi

(Ireland, 1922)

Máire Mhac an tSaoi was born in Dublin in 1922. Her father, Seán …

John Montague was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1929. At the age of four he was sent to …

Alan Jude Moore

(Ireland, 1973)

Alan Jude Moore was born in Dublin and began publishing poems at turn of the millennium …

Sinéad Morrissey

(Ireland, 1972)

Historically attuned and touchingly personal, imaginatively wide-ranging and …

Panchali Mukherji

Panchali Mukherji was born in Calcutta, India in 1973. She was educated in India and …

(Ireland, 1951)

I first met Paul Muldoon in 1984 at an almost intimate reading in University College …

(Ireland, 1952)

Gerry Murphy was born in Cork in 1952. After dropping out of university in the early …

(Ireland, 1927)

Richard Murphy was born eighty years ago in the West of Ireland into a Protestant …

(Ireland, 1952)

Aidan Murphy was born in Cork in 1952. He lived and worked for many years in London, …

Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin

(Ireland, 1958)

Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin is a teacher, poet, filmmaker and visual …

Caitríona Ní Chléirchín

(Ireland, 1978)

Caitríona Ní Chléirchín won first prize in the 2010 Oireachtas competition for new …

Nuala Ní Chonchúir

(Ireland, 1970)

Ní Chonchúir is one of a younger generation of Irish poets who look more to Europe for …

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

(Ireland, 1942)

Ní Chuilleanáin was born in Cork in 1942, educated there and at Oxford before …

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

(United Kingdom, 1952)

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill was born in Lancashire, England in 1952 to Irish physicians, and …

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

(Ireland, 1984)

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh was born in Co. Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland, in …

Bríd Ní Mhóráin

(Ireland, 1951)

Bríd Ní Mhóráin was raised in Camp, County Kerry, on the …

Simon Ó Faoláin

(Ireland, 1973)

Simon Ó Faoláin was born in Dublin and raised in west Kerry. He trained …

Liam Ó Muirthile

(Ireland, 1950)

Liam Ó Muirthile is a poet and writer. Born in Cork City in 1950, he learned …

Mary O’Donoghue

(Ireland, 1975)

Mary O’Donoghue, even more than most poets, is in love with words. She delights …

Dennis O’Driscoll

(Ireland, 1954–2012)

Dennis O’Driscoll was born in Thurles, County Tipperary in 1954. He has written …

Derry O’Sullivan

(Ireland, 1944)

Derry O’Sullivan was born in Bantry, County Cork, in 1944 into an …

Conor O'Callaghan

(Ireland, 1968)

Conor O’Callaghan was born in Newry, County Down, and grew up in Dundalk. The …

Eugene O'Connell

(Ireland, 1951)

Eugene O’Connell was born near Kiskeam in northwest Cork in 1951. He has published a …

(Ireland, 1954)

Mary O’Donnell was born in Co. Monaghan, an area whose geographical proximity to …

Gregory O'Donoghue

(Ireland, 1951–2005)

Gregory O’Donoghue was born in Cork in 1951, son of the poet and playwright Robert …

(Ireland, 1954)

Mary O’Malley was born in Connamara and educated at University College, Galway. She …

Bernard O’Donoghue

(Ireland, 1945)

Bernard O’Donoghue was born in North Cork in 1945. He moved to Manchester in the United …

Ciaran O’Driscoll

(Ireland, 1943)

Ciaran O’Driscoll was born in Co. Kilkenny and lives in Limerick. He has published …

Michael O’Loughlin

(Ireland, 1958)

Michael O’Loughlin was born in Dublin in 1958 and studied at Trinity College Dublin. In …

Leanne O’Sullivan

(Ireland, 1983)

Leanne O’Sullivan was born in Cork and is currently completing her Bachelor’s degree in …

(Ireland, 1972)

Paul Perry’s poems often possess a confessional delicacy and apparent simplicity …

(Ireland, 1968)

Justin Quinn’s third collection, Fuselage (2002), opens with a longish …

(Ireland, 1977)

Billy Ramsell was born in Cork in 1977 and educated at the North Monastery and UCC. He …

Maurice Riordan

(Ireland, 1953)

Maurice Riordan (born in Lisgoold, Co. Cork in 1953) was educated at University College …

Mark Roper was born in Derbyshire in 1951, and brought up in North London. He went to a …

Gabriel Rosenstock

(Ireland, 1949)

Gabriel Rosenstock was born in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick and studied at University …

(Ireland, 1952)

Maurice Scully published his first book of poems, Love Poems and Others, in …

(Ireland, 1963)

Though set for the most part in her native Kerry, Sheehan’s poetry is far more …

(Ireland, 1960)

Peter Sirr, a freelance writer and translator, is one of Ireland’s most …

(Ireland, 1951)

Gerard Smyth was born in Dublin in 1951. His first two books were published by the New …

Matthew Sweeney

(Ireland, 1952)

Born in Lifford, Co. Donegal in 1952, Sweeney lived principally in London from the mid …

Áine Uí Fhoghlú

(Ireland, 1959)

Áine Uí Fhoghlú comes from the Gaeltacht area of An Rinn in …

(Ireland, 1970)

David Wheatley was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1970. He grew up outside the city in the …

Landa Wo is an Angolan-French poet. Born in 1972 in Saint-Etienne (France) he is a …

(Ireland, 1942)

“Eventually simplicity is all, but life becomes more complex, demanding and …

Adam Wyeth was born in Sussex in 1978, and has lived in Co. Cork for over ten years. …

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Derek Walcott (1930 - 2017)

48th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam

The 48th Poetry International Festival kicks off on Tuesday May 30, with an opening …

Tom Van de Voorde

Patrick Peeters

Tom Van de Voorde was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1974. He is a writer, curator of …

Charlotte Van den Broeck

Patrick Peeters

Charlotte Van den Broeck won her poetical spurs in a similar way to Maud …

Bart Van der Straeten

Patrick Peeters

In 2014 Bart Van der Straeten made his poetry debut with the publication of …

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