Róisín Leggett Bohan
@LeggettBohan
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 24 Runner-Up l @dedaluspress @stingingfly @poetryireland @bansheelit @aesthetica @magmapoetry @artscouncil_ie Ed @HowlWriting
Oh, look! A lovely book. Honoured to share the sleeves with this fine line-up. Ever grateful to @Leeanne_Quinn_ for her thought, kindness. Gratitude to @dedaluspress for making this come to light. 🩶 If you want it pre-orders are here: dedaluspress.com/product/beginn…
Looking forward to 'Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland' Mai Ishikawa, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Emer Lyons and Cal O'Reilly (Dedalus Press, Apr 2025), edited by Leeanne Quinn. #ArtsCouncilSupported @artscouncilireland @artscouncil_ie @Leeanne_Quinn_ @LeggettBohan
I'm so pleased to be reading alongside a cast of stellars in Waterstones Cork for the launch of Southword #48. Come along if you're in town: Tuesday, 15th of July at 6:30 pm. 🩶
So excited to be featuring on @RTERadio1 tonight alongside great writers. Huge gratitude to @ZoeComyns & Belinda McKeon for selecting my work. 🩶
Thrilled to have 3 new poems featured in this issue. Thank you to the editors of @mancreview themanchesterreview.co.uk
Among these gorgeous poets, "nubbing treasure " 🤍
Celebrating Seamus Heaney’s ‘North’ 50th birthday yesterday in Cork with fabulous company @LeggettBohan @mollytwomey1 and Tom McCarthy 🛥️ 🌊
I'm so grateful to the wonderful poet and editor @annemarienichurreain for including two of my poems in this gorgeous issue of @stingingfly 🤍 'Missing my Father with Caravaggio in Belfast' began in @ulstermuseum while attending @seamusheaneycentre summer school. 🤍
Come celebrate with us tonight! Waterstones Cork, 6:30pm Love to see you there! 🤍🩶🤍
'Beginnings Over and Over' are present in every moment. How nourishing it was to read with poetry pals @ILFDublin in celebration of this gorgeous book, holistically edited @Leeanne_Quinn_ 🩷 Gratitude to the lovely humans @ILFDublin and @dedaluspress. See you in Cork on the 27th!
Cork launch of 'Beginnings Over and Over' @WaterstonesCork Tuesday 27th of May at 6:30pm. We'd love to celebrate with you! Introductions by the effervescent @Leeanne_Quinn_ Readings by Cal O'Reilly, Mai Ishikawa & Róisín Leggett Bohan 🩶
Great launch on Mon @ILFDublin of 'Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland' edited by Leeanne Quinn (Dedalus Press, Apr 2025). @ilfdublin #ILFD25 @Leeanne_Quinn_ @LeggettBohan Photo by Senan O’Reilly
Oh, look! A poem. Thank you, @poetryireland 🩶
We Carried May by Róisín Leggett Bohan @LeggettBohan is co-founder of @HowlWriting. Her work appears in Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, Magma, Aesthetica & The Pomegranate London, among others. 🌞 poetryday.ie Find #PoetryDayIRL Poems on @IrishRail DART services!
So excited to be reading @ILFDublin with my poetry pals from 'Beginnings Over and Over', with the wonderful @Leeanne_Quinn_ steering us onwards, as ever 🩶 Friends, come join us 🩷
✨ Fresh voices. Bold beginnings. Join poet Leeanne Quinn and four exceptional emerging talents as they read from Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland, the latest showcase from Dedalus Press. Featuring: 📝 Mai Ishikawa – poet, performer & theatre maker 📝…
Huge thanks to @maryodonnell03 @endawyley & @peter_sirr for their close reading & praise of 'Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland' @dedaluspress on series 77 of Books for Breakfast⚡️Thrilled for us poets & gratitude @Leeanne_Quinn_ Join us @ILFDublin on May 19th
Mary O'Donnell reviews Mary O'Malley, Patrick Holloway, Eilish Martin and a new anthology og young poets edited by Leanne Quinne for Dedalus Press: Poetry from Ireland. Lots of coffee needed ... buzzsprout.com/1162427/episod… @endawyley @dedaluspress @Carcanet @poetryireland @Aosdana
This lovely legend ❤️
T.H. Print-Proof day! My first time holding a copy of my own book 😱 Gobsmacked at how beautiful this design is by Jorge Rodríguez Durán, and the stunning print quality by @badlymadebooks — feeling a thousand shades of grateful @corkcitylibrary @creativeirl @WorldBookFest
Excited to be reading @ILFDublin with poetry pals of 'Beginnings Over and Over:Four New Poets from Ireland' @dedaluspress ✨️ and with the wonderful @Leeanne_Quinn_ 💛 Love to see you there on the 19th of May! 🩶
Palpable joy to have two poems, 'Missing my Father with Caravaggio in Belfast' and 'My Sister Glued Jesus', in this forthcoming issue of @stingingfly⚡️ Massive grá & gratitude @NiChurr for seeing my work🩶 Stunning cover by photographer Ronan McCall and designer Eimear Gavin⚡️
I'm taking the train. Many trains! Thrilled to be a part of this. 💜 You can read the fab poems here: poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/dis…
🎉 Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce 12 poems will feature across the @IrishRail network and in libraries nationwide as part of #PoetryDayIRL! 🌞 Discover the Selected Poems: poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/dis… Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday, 1st May. #MayDay
A lovely launch of The Stony Thursday Book in Limerick with readings from stellar poetry pals🩷 Huge gratitude to @VKennefick for her immense care in compiling the book🩷 Thanks to @LimerickArts @LimerickCouncil @LimerickCounty 🩶
Very lovely to be on this list 🩶
(3/5) Congratulations to the National Poetry Competition longlist! Everyone on the longlist wrote a poem that stood out to the judges, Romalyn Ante, Stephen Sexton and John McAuliffe, out of over 21,000 other works. Well done to all of our longlisted poets!
(3/5) Congratulations to the National Poetry Competition longlist! Everyone on the longlist wrote a poem that stood out to the judges, Romalyn Ante, Stephen Sexton and John McAuliffe, out of over 21,000 other works. Well done to all of our longlisted poets!