Poetry File

Audrey Molloy reads Naming the First Born. Audrey Molloy is an Irish poet based in Sydney. In 2019 she received the Hennessy Award for Emerging Poetry, the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and the An Post Irish Book Award for Irish Poem of the Year. She is pursuing a masters degree in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Noel Monaghan reads Where the Wind Sleeps. Noel Monahan has published eight collections of poetry. A stage adaptation of his long poem “Chalk Dust” was directed by Padraic McIntyre and performed at Ramor Theatre, December 2019. A ninth collection of his work is forthcoming from Salmon Poetry.

Moya Cannon reads At Three Castles Head We Catch our Breath. Moya Cannon was born in Co. Donegal and now lives in Dublin. Her work reflects a wide range of interests including music, history and archaeology. Her sixth collection is Donegal Tarantella, Carcanet Press 2019 and her 'Collected Poems' was published by Carcanet Press in February, 2021.

Paul Mc Mahon reads The Pups in the Boghole. From Belfast, Paul McMahon now lives in Cork. His poetry has appeared in The Poetry Review, The Irish Times, Poetry Ireland Review and elsewhere. Also a playwright, Paul is developing his new play with The Abbey Theatre. His poem The Pups in the Boghole won the Westival international Poetry Prize.

Áine Uí Fhoghlú reads Ag scarúint in Aerfort Perth/ Parting at Perth Airport. Recently named as the Poet Laureate for Dungarvan, Áine’s published works include poetry, teen fiction and Scéalta agus Seanchas/Potatoes, Children & Seaweed. Áine has won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Award and her work appears as a Junior Cycle text.

David Murphy reads his poem Willow Pattern. David Murphy lives in Lusk, Co Dublin and has had three novels and three short-story collections published in Ireland and abroad. His first non-fiction book was published by Liffey Press in 2014 and his first poetry collection, ‘Drowning in the Desert’, was published by Revival Press in 2020.

Today Angela Keogh reads ‘An Irish Poem’, a winner at the Waterford Poetry Prize in 2018. Her first novel. 'The Winter Dress' was published in 2020 by the Harvest Press and two of her radio plays, 'The Winter Dress' and 'Letters in the Post' were broadcast in 2021.

Today Angela Keogh reads ‘An Irish Poem’, a winner at the Waterford Poetry Prize in 2018. Her first novel. 'The Winter Dress' was published in 2020 by the Harvest Press and two of her radio plays, 'The Winter Dress' and 'Letters in the Post' were broadcast in 2021.

In a special tribute to mark the 150th birthday of painter Jack B. Years, Dermot Bolger reads 'Fairground Ponies' inspired by Yeats' final sketch.

Julie O'Callaghan reads Early on Indian Hill. Born in Chicago in 1954, Julie O'Callaghan has lived in Ireland since 1974. Her most recent publications include New & Selected Poems (2008) and Magnum Mysterium (2020). She has received the Michael Hartnett Award for poetry and is a member of the Irish academy of arts, Aosdána.