Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann
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Connecting Poetry and People. Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon & the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Today we look back at photos from 2024's Introductions | Céadlínte, Poetry Ireland's development programme for early career writers! If you'd like to apply for the 2025 Introductions | Céadlínte programme, just click the link in our bio. Deadline: Monday July 28th




📍INSIGHTS: WRITERS AND TAXATION Online Information Session with Gaby Smyth 📅Thursday 18 September 2025, 11:00am - 1:00pm 💻Online (via Teams) 🎟️Tickets: €20 Sign up here: poetryireland.ie/whats-on/insig…

Places filling up fast! Book your spot for this INSIGHTS masterclass with @c_makris Sign yourself up here: poetryireland.ie/whats-on/insig…

New opportunities for poets with July & August Deadlines! Visit our website! poetryireland.ie/writers/opport…
The Frances Browne Poetry Competition celebrates the power of language — in English, Irish, or Ulster-Scots — and the voices that rise from every corner of life. Is cuma más é do chéad dán é — tá fáilte romhat linn. 📝 Enter by 20 Aug 🔗 francesbrowneliteraryfestival.com/poetry-competi… #poetrylovers
Congratulations to poet Sinéad Morrissey who this week collected the second Seamus Heaney Award Japan recognising outstanding contributions to literary relations between Ireland & Japan @irelandinjapan @tseliotprize @ArtsCouncilNI @poetryireland
Delighted to host the second Heaney Award at Ireland House in the presence of Chris Heaney. A wonderful reading by the poet & winner Sinead Morrissey. Also launched our series of Irish Folk Tales and Poetry in translation. Thanks to IASIL for their help in organising.
Mark your Calendars! POETRY AT THE 38TH JOHN HEWITT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL! poetryireland.ie/whats-on/john-… #JHISS25 @The_JHS @TheGalleryPress
POETRY AT THE 38TH JOHN HEWITT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL! (With thanks to Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann and The Gallery Press...) johnhewittsociety.org #JHISS25 @poetryireland @TheGalleryPress
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications for Poetry Ireland's Introductions / Céadlínte programme will remain open until Monday, July 28th! More info on how to apply here: poetryireland.ie/writers/introd…

Event tonight! Poetry Ireland and The Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival presents an evening with Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Diarmuid Johnson, and Desmond Egan Tonight: 21st July @ 8pm in Newbridge College Theatre, Co. Kildare. Free Admission! Link in Bio 🔗

✨New Opportunities for Poets - open calls, competitions, and awards! Browse our website to see what opportunities have July deadlines! ✏️ Discover the full list here: poetryireland.ie/writers/opport…

Clare Poetry Collective present a Poetry Open Mic on Saturday 19t July at @glorennis! Featuring Guest poet Susan Millar DuMars with music by Marijke and the Wayfarers. Open Mic Sign-up: 12:00-12:25pm Music: 12:30-1:00pm Open Mic: 1:00-2:00pm

Comhgairdeas do Éilís Ní Dhuibhne a cheapadh mar Laureate inné! Congratulation to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne who was named Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council, we look forward to her tenure! Go n-eirí go gheal lei!
We are delighted to welcome Éilís Ní Dhuibhne as Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028! "I am absolutely delighted, very pleasantly surprised, and highly honoured." Tune in to @TodaywithClaire after 10am for the Laureate’s first interview. Read more: artscouncil.ie/news/the-arts-…
Susannah Dickey recently travelled to Prague with the support of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award 2024, to explore the work of visual artist David Černý. Read the full report here: irelandchairofpoetry.org/travel-report-… @ChairOfPoetry



Check out this article from @IrishTimes ! irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in July 2025. Best of luck & pls share! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog/w…
Remembering the late and wonderful Fanny Howe, 1940 - 2025, with this extract from a long poem called ‘The Long Wrong’, which was published in Poetry Ireland Review 73, edited by Michael Smith.

The @ChairOfPoetry is jointly held between @QUBelfast, @tcddublin, @ucddublin, @artscouncil_ie, & @ArtsCouncilNI Read full press release here: poetryireland.ie/news/vona-groa…
Vona Groarke has been welcomed by the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust as the new Ireland Professor of Poetry ✨ The position will run from September 2025 to November 2028. Read the full press release on our website irelandchairofpoetry.org
Vona Groarke has been welcomed by the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust as the new Ireland Professor of Poetry ✨ The position will run from September 2025 to November 2028. Read the full press release on our website irelandchairofpoetry.org
Vona Groarke has been welcomed by the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust as the new Ireland Professor of Poetry, one of the most prestigious positions in poetry. The position will run from September 2025 to November 2028. Full press release here: poetryireland.ie/news/vona-groa…

TeoChroí Productions in association with Poetry Ireland present an evening of original music, poetry, prose and monologues to celebrate the Irish Lughnasa, marking the beginning of the harvest season. 🎭 LUGHNASA 📅 1 + 2 Aug 🎟️ smockalley.com/lughnasa/
Join us this Thursday, July 10th, from 7:45pm for a reading from Celia de Fréine followed by open mic. Our events are free; all are welcome! More @ limesquarepoets.com/event-details/… @LimerickArts #ArtsCouncilSupported @artscouncil_ie @corkarts @poetryireland @LimerickWriters