Partnership Event: Making the Poem with Ciarán O'Rourke

Making the Poem is a poetry series curated by Rachel Coventry and presented in association with Poetry Ireland at Westside Library in Galway. Each event features a single poet and consists of a reading followed by an interview about poetic practice, process and recent work, with a chance for the audience to ask questions.

Following the first series earlier in 2026, Making the Poem returns this autumn with three Saturday afternoon events: Anne Fitzgerald on 26 September, Ciaran O’Rourke on 3 October, and Seán Lysaght on 10 October. All events begin at 3pm.

The series offers an opportunity to hear poets read from their work and to explore some of the thinking and processes behind the poems. The events are free to attend and take place at Westside Library, Galway.

This second event in the series features Ciarán O'Rourke on 3 October at 3pm.

Ciarán O'Rourke

A previous winner of the Cúirt New Irish Writing Award and the Fish Poetry Prize, Ciarán O'Rourke has published three collections to date: The Buried Breath, highly commended by the Forward Foundation in 2019; Phantom Gang, longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2023; and Prophetstown, just out from The Irish Pages Press. He lives in Dublin.

Presented in Association with Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann