Poetry File

Philip Mc Donagh reads The Lute Girl. Philip McDonagh has several poetry collections and two theatre works. His poems and articles continue to appear regularly in newspapers and periodicals. He is Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University and Director of the Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International Relations.

Elaine Feeney reads her poem Somewhere, Someone Else. Elaine Feeney is an Irish people poet, novelist, and playwright. Her writing focuses on "the central themes of history, national identity, and state institutions, and she examines how these forces structure the everyday lives of Irish women".

Simon Costello reads Abraham holding up his Son at the summit of Mt. Moriah, shouting at God ‘This is what you mean to me’. Simon Costello was one of The Irish Time’s New Irish Writing Winners in 2019 and a recipient of the 2020 Words Ireland National Mentoring Programme from Words Ireland and the Arts Council of Ireland.

Judith Mok reads Today (after Leo Tolstoy). Judith Mok was born in Bergen in the Netherlands. She has published three novels and four books of poetry as well as short stories which have been short listed twice for the Francis Mc Manus award and her  first novel The innocents at the Circus for the Prix de l’Academie Francaise.

Declan Collinge reads Firhouse Weir. Bilingual Dublin poet, Dr Declan Collinge is a former teacher and lecturer with 8 collections of poetry published. He is also a short story writer and essayist with material published in the Irish Times and Sunday Independent.

Jessamine O'Connor reads Too Little. Jessamine O’Connor lives on the Sligo Roscommon border and has published five chapbooks, her first collection “Silver Spoon” is with Salmon Poetry. She recently had a residency at The Dock arts centre, and is completing a degree in Writing & Literature at IT Sligo.

Justin Quinn reads Cappucino for Robert Cremins. Justin Quinn was born in Dublin in 1968 and has lived in the Czech Republic since 1993. He has published several collections of poetry, most recently Shallow Seas (Gallery Press, 2020). A novel, Mount Merrion, was published by Penguin Ireland in 2013.

Nithy Kasa reads her poem When the Time Comes. Nithy Kasa is a Dublin based poet from the DR Congo. She was a guest poet for Carlow University's MFA Residency 2019, shortlisted for Red Line Book Festival and published in Writing Home: The New Irish Poets.

William Wall reads Receiver of Wreck. William Wall is the author of six novels, four collections of poetry and three volumes of stories. His forthcoming collection Smugglers In the Underground Hug-Trade, is due for publication in Autumn 2021.

Celia de Fréine reads her poem Éabha: Brí na Beatha/ Eva: Meaning of Life. Celia de Fréine writes in many genres in both Irish and English. Awards for her poetry include the Patrick Kavanagh Award and Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnacht. To date she has published nine collections.