Ireland Chair of Poetry | Every three years a poet of honour and distinction is chosen to represent the Chair as Ireland’s Professor of Poetry

About

The Ireland Chair of Poetry was set up in 1998 following the award of the Nobel Prize of Literature to Seamus Heaney and is jointly held between Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Every three years a poet of honour and distinction is chosen to represent the Chair as Ireland’s Professor of Poetry. During their tenure the holder spends a year attached to each of the three universities and resides for a period of approximately eight weeks at each. While in residence, the poet gives informal workshops or readings, spends time working with students and performing outreach work and makes one formal presentation a year, usually in the form of a lecture.

The Current Ireland Professor of Poetry is Paul Muldoon. For details on upcoming Ireland Chair of Poetry events see here.

Poetry Ireland provide administration for the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust. For all inquiries please contact the administrator Camille Lynch here.