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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.

Winners of Trócaire Poetry Ireland Poetry Competition 2018 announced

Poetry Ireland and Trócaire are delighted to announce the winners of their 2018 poetry competition.

Cork poet Liam Ó Muirthile has died

The winners of the world’s very first men’s sheds poetry contest are announced in Dublin.

The muse of poetry is a fickle creature, favouring some and eluding others. But, in the steadfast belief that everyone has at least one poem in them, Poetry Ireland and the Irish Men’s Sheds Association embarked on the world’s first men’s sheds poetry contest.