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Poetry Ireland Access Cúirt Bursary
Providing an emerging poet from a background that is currently statistically underrepresented in Irish poetry the opportunity to visit the festival and become immersed in the poetry programme.
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Free exhibition and workshop opportunity for schools at Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again Exhibition
Poetry Ireland and Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, a National Library of Ireland exhibition are delighted to partner together and offer post-primary schools the opportunity to apply for a special day of creativity (10am –1pm approx.) for students, inspired by this new exhibition at the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
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Valentine’s Day Love Your Bike Poetry Competition
As we joyfully celebrate the many Irish writers who incorporated the bicycle in their literature, the Dublin Cycling Campaign poetry competition in collaboration with Poetry Ireland invites poems on the theme of bicycles.
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Words Lightly Spoken: a new podcast of poetry from Ireland
Funded by the Arts Council.
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Nominations requested for Ireland Professor of Poetry
Professor Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin will complete her term as Ireland Professor of Poetry in October 2019 and the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust now invites nominations to fill this prestigious role.
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