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Call out for Poetry Ireland’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group

We want to hear from poets belonging to underrepresented or misrepresented groups who are interested in becoming involved in our advisory group.

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.

Noted Irish poet Macdara Woods dies at age 76

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.

Missing Voices Seminar - call for papers

Call for papers on Irish woman poets from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries.

Deadline extended! Poetry Ireland Yeats Summer School Scholarship

Poetry Ireland, the Yeats Summer School and Irish Landmark Trust are delighted to offer a scholarship worth €650 for a poet to attend the Yeats Summer School, along with accommodation in the Irish Landmark Trust’s beautiful Annaghmore House.