Category: Spring 2016 Poets

Adam Wyeth
is a poet, playwright, and essayist with two books published. His critically acclaimed debut collection, Silent Music was Highly Commended by the

Macdara Woods
a poet, editor, and translator, he was born in Dublin in 1942 and has published a number of collections including his Selected Poems, The

Adam White
is from County Cork, in the south of Ireland, but has been living and working in France for six years now. His debut collection, Accurate

John Walsh
is a poet and fiction writer with three poetry collections and one short fiction under his belt. Originally from Derry, he has lived in Connemara

Jessica Traynor
is from Dublin and works as Literary Manager of the Abbey Theatre. Her first collection, Liffey Swim (Dedalus Press, 2014), was shortlisted for

Eileen Sheehan
is from Scartaglin, now living in Killarney, County Kerry. Her collections are Song of the Midnight Fox and Down the Sunlit Hall (Doghouse

Lorna Shaughnessy
was born in Belfast and lives in Co. Galway, Ireland. She has published two poetry collections, Torching the Brown River and Witness Trees

Seamus Ruttledge
is an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, broadcaster, and artist who lives in the West of Ireland. In addition to his critically–acclaimed

Ciaran O’Driscoll
was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny in 1943, and presently lives in Limerick. He has six collections of poetry to his credit, Gog and Magog (Salmon

Doireann Ní Ghríofa
is a bilingual poet writing both in Irish Gaelic and in English. Among her awards are the Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary 2014 –2015. Her most