The Ireland Chair of Poetry is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2025 Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award. The Travel Award was established to assist poets in their creative development and specifically to help realise a project requiring travel within or outside Ireland and offers an award of £2,000 to do […]
The Ireland Chair of Poetry is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2025 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Award. Now in its sixth year, the award was created to encourage and assist students who are pursuing Master’s degrees in Creative Writing or Poetry. This award is open to Masters students studying for […]
With deep respect and admiration, the Trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry would like to share the Eulogy of Professor Michael Longley, whose passing marks the loss of a truly remarkable voice in literature. Delivered by Professor Fran Brearton at All Souls Church, Belfast, on 1st February 2025, this tribute reflects on Michael Longley’s […]
The Trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry would like to congratulate the Ireland Professor of Poetry Paul Muldoon on being conferred the honour of Saoi of Aosdána by President Michael D Higgins. President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins presided at a ceremony on Thursday 6th February 2025, to mark the election of the […]
Hosted by The School of English, Trinity College Dublin Date: Thursday February 20th 2025 7:30 – 9 pm Location: Thomas Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin In this reading, Paul Muldoon offers a brief survey of Irish history from earliest times to the present day through the prism of his own work. This is a free event […]
Professor Paul Muldoon will complete his term as Ireland Professor of Poetry in October 2025 and the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust now invites nominations to fill this prestigious role. The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Queen’s […]
The Trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry are delighted to announce the winning submissions for the Ireland Chair of Poetry Pamphlet Series 2025. Ben Keatinge and Rafael Mendes will each have their first volumes published by The Ireland Chair of Poetry in partnership with HOWL New Irish Writing in the Spring. The Trustees congratulate […]
The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to welcome the Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paul Muldoon, back to Irish shores in 2025, where he will be based at University College Dublin for the Spring semester. From January 22nd until April 16th he will host a series of discussions entitled How to Read a Poem. […]
The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust, in partnership with HOWL New Irish Writing, is delighted to announce a new project that will showcase the ubiquitous talent of Ireland’s emerging poets. Poets who have not yet published a pamphlet or collection will be invited to submit a sample of their work of between twelve and twenty […]
The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust are delighted to host a poetry reading by Professor Michael Longley in the Great Hall, Queen’s University, on Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 7 pm. The reading will mark the publication by Jonathan Cape of Michael Longley’s Ash Keys: New Selected Poems and it will be introduced by Professor […]