Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann Connecting Poetry and People. Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann is the national organisation for poetry in Ireland.

Proud to be funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon & the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

✨Visual Poetry Between Image and Word: Discussion & Workshop with Renata Pekowska✨📆Saturday, 20th June 2026🕛11:00 am📍Mat...
10/06/2026

✨Visual Poetry Between Image and Word: Discussion & Workshop with Renata Pekowska✨

📆Saturday, 20th June 2026
🕛11:00 am
📍Matheson Creativity Hub, IMMA, Kilmainham, Dublin

Join artist Renata Pekowska and celebrate poetry and visual art at this special event presented by IMMA Horizons and Poetry Ireland. Together, we’ll consider how both poetry and visual art emerge from lived, sensory experience and explore new ways of seeing, feeling and making.

🔗Details/Booking: https://www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/visual-poetry-between-image-and-word-discussion-workshop-renata-pekowska

✨So Say So with special guest Nithy Kasa.✨‘So Say So’ is an event that spotlights poetry, storytelling, and music. It is...
09/06/2026

✨So Say So with special guest Nithy Kasa.✨

‘So Say So’ is an event that spotlights poetry, storytelling, and music. It is curated by the esteemed poet, Stephen James Smith. Each event will feature a distinguished national or international poet.

They will be joined by musicians Basciville for a unique, collaborative performance.

The 5-Word-Challenge open mic segment is open to everyone, with performers limited to 5 minutes each on a first-come, first-served basis.

📆Thursday June 18th
🕛7:30pm
📍Waterford Arts Centre
🔗Book: https://www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/so-say-so

Presented in association with Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann.

🖋 Speak Your Truth is delighted to present a special edition of The Poetry Lounge as part of the Sean Dunne Literary Wee...
09/06/2026

🖋 Speak Your Truth is delighted to present a special edition of The Poetry Lounge as part of the Sean Dunne Literary Weekend.

📆Sunday 14th June
📍Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens, Tramore

🕛11:00am - 1:00pm: Haibun Workshop facilitated by Ger Duffy

🕛2:00pm - 3:30pm: Screening of Documentary Film ' Sean Dunne: Waterford Poet,' followed by panel discussion.

🔗Details / Booking on: https://www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/poetry-lounge-haibun-workshop-and-film-screening

✨We are delighted to be partnering with PFGi on the launch of the inaugural PFGi Poetry Award 2026! ✨This new poetry bur...
05/06/2026

✨We are delighted to be partnering with PFGi on the launch of the inaugural PFGi Poetry Award 2026! ✨

This new poetry bursary and commission new award invites poets to explore the relationship between engineering, creativity and language. 🖋⚙

Facilitated by Business to Arts, this new award offers a combined bursary and commission to support a poet based in Ireland in the development of new work.

The award includes a €5,000 bursary to support creative time, and a €2,000 commission fee for the selected poet.

Applications close Friday 26th June

🔗More details / Apply: https://www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/pfgi-and-poetry-ireland/eigse-eireann-launch-new-poetry-award

The James Joyce Centre presents a wonderful evening of poetry and song James Joyce and The Great Irish Poets Songbook, w...
04/06/2026

The James Joyce Centre presents a wonderful evening of poetry and song James Joyce and The Great Irish Poets Songbook, with tenor Dean Power and composer and pianist James Hurley on Sunday, June 14th at 7pm. 🎶🎹

They will perform settings of texts by some of Ireland’s best-known writers and poets, composed and arranged by pianist James Hurley, who will accompany Dean on piano.

In association with Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann.

🔗More details at: https://www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/bloomsday-festival-2026-james-joyce-and-great-irish-poets-songbook

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann's Director Claire Power took part in a brilliant panel yesterday on the current poetry sc...
04/06/2026

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann's Director Claire Power took part in a brilliant panel yesterday on the current poetry scene in Ireland at Marché de la Poésie! 🇫🇷🇮🇪🖋

Claire spoke with Niall Burgess, Ambassador of Ireland to France, Sinéad Mac Aodha, Director, Literature Ireland, Marie Hermet, translator, and Yves Boudier, Marché de la Poésie.

The future of Irish poetry looks bright indeed!

Our Director Claire Power hosted two inspirational and thought-provoking sessions last weekend at Jaipur Literature Fest...
03/06/2026

Our Director Claire Power hosted two inspirational and thought-provoking sessions last weekend at Jaipur Literature Festival! 📖✒️

Saturday featured a performance and conversation with Tishani Doshi, and on Sunday Jeet Thayil, Nikita Gill, Tishani Doshi and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe chatted with Claire about the Poetic Imagination.

Delighted to have been a part of this literary celebration!

✨This year, from 22- 31 May, Jaipur Literary Festival returns to Ireland for one of its most ambitious projects yet: JLF...
29/05/2026

✨This year, from 22- 31 May, Jaipur Literary Festival returns to Ireland for one of its most ambitious projects yet: JLF Island of Ireland, a cross-border literary festival supported by the Government of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.✨

We are delighted to see poetry well-represented at this year's festival. Director of Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann Claire Power will host two session this weekend:

📅Sat 30 May @ 4:00PM: Egrets, While War: Poetry in Motion - Tishani Doshi in performance; followed by a conversation with Claire Power

📅Sun 31 May @ 5:00PM: Past, or Passing, or to Come: The Poetic Imagination - Jeet Thayil, Nikita Gill, Tishani Doshi and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe in performance , introduced by Claire Power

🔗Book tickets for these events at: https://jlflitfest.org/ireland/speaker/claire-power-?year=2025&mc_cid=183aaa93a8&mc_eid=fd08efa38c

28/05/2026

Wonderful to celebrate our first Poetry Day Ireland, and first event, in our new ‘home’ at No. 11 Parnell Square!

We were delighted to welcome some local school students for a workshop with Nell Regan in the morning, and then a ‘Home’ poem reading this evening.

Hope you all had a wonderful Poetry Day Ireland 2026 ✨🏠

28/05/2026

Robert Sheehan reads ‘Staying in a Better Hotel’ by Medbh McGuckian, one of our brilliant ‘Home’ themed poems for Poetry Day Ireland. 🏠🖋️

Be sure to share a poem on this special day with the world or with a friend!

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11 Parnell Square East
Dublin
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+353 1 678 9815

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