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Wicklow schoolchildren benefit from additional funding for Writers in Schools scheme

Poetry Aloud 2019 Competition Open for Entries

National winners of Poetry Aloud poetry speaking competition announced

This year’s competition drew over 1,700 entries from 143 schools nationwide.

Winners of the Dromineer Literary Festival Children’s Poetry Competition announced

The competition was judged by poet and Writers in Schools facilitator Geraldine Mitchell.

UCC announced as major new partner for Poetry Aloud

​Poetry Ireland and the National Library of Ireland have announced that University College Cork (UCC) has joined as a partner on Poetry Aloud, the annual poetry speaking competition for post-primary schools, in a new 10-year agreement.

Schools celebrate Our Place Project Finale at the Lyric Theatre

More than 150 primary and secondary school children came to the Lyric Theatre on Thursday morning (31st May 2018) for the conclusion of Poetry Ireland Writers in Schools’ Our Place project.