Poetry Ireland are delighted to support Strokestown Poetry Poetry Festival which kicks off today at National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park in Roscommon and will have events running until Sunday 5th May.

Remember to secure your tickets through the festival website: strokestownpoetryfest.ie

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Remembering this day in 2004 when SH read ‘Beacons at Bealtaine’ - commissioned for the event - at the Day of Welcomes for new EU member states. Listen to the poem again in this wonderful film to mark the anniversary👇

We are deeply saddened to learn of Helen Vendler's death. Helen was one of the world's finest poetry critics, renowned for her intellect, rigour & love of the art. She was SH's most trusted poetic confidant, colleague and beloved friend. Our condolences to David and her family.

Celebrate #PoetryDayIrl 's 10th birthday this Thursday!

Read, Write or Share a poem with those around you! This years theme “Good Sports” celebrating the good sport in all of us.

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Check it out: poetryireland.ie/poetry-day

And don’t they look lovely?

Congratulations to Sinéad Morrissey, who has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Seamus Heaney Award Japan by IASIL Japan for her distinguished contribution to Literary relations between Ireland and Japan. Seamus Heaney Centre

We were delighted to host 'A thank-offering' last night. That there was standing room only by the end is a testament to Heaney's work & legacy. Delighted to see that continue with the announcement of our Poetry Prize winners, who read beautifully. Here's to many more such nights

Thanks to Evelyn O'Rourke for this nice RTÉ piece on our new PEN Heaney Prize!

On the eve Seamus's birthday, we're delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize, a new poetry prize in partnership with our friends English PEN and Irish PEN. More details here: englishpen.org/prizes/pen-hea…

Don't miss our Seamus Heaney exhibition on the ground floor of Cregan Library. Tying in with tonight's Thank-Offering celebration it contains a treasure trove of photographs, memorabilia and beautifully illustrated limited editions curated by DCU Library's Billy Kenrick.

We’re looking forward to the Commemorative Evenings Dublin City University School of English is hosting for John McGahern and SH in April
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We are saddened to hear of the death of the poet Michael Coady. Seamus was a great admirer of Michael’s poetry, which was rooted in the countryside and people of his native Tipperary. Our deepest condolences to his family.
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Lovely to hear Oisin Leech talking about SH's influence with Cerys Matthews this morning on BBC Radio 6 Music - and a reading of 'Bogland' to boot! A nice start to St Patrick's Day ☘️

32 wonderful Irish books: One set in every county in Ireland. To celebrate St Patrick’s Day, I assembled a list of books, fiction or creative nonfiction, one set in each Irish county. Which would you have picked to represent your county? irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Deadline for Strokestown International Poetry Competition is this Friday March 8th at midnight. Delighted to be the 2024 Judge and looking forward to all entries! strokestownpoetryfest.ie/poetry-competi… Poetry Ireland Irish Literary Times Irish Writers Centre Dedalus Press The Gallery Press
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Looking ahead to #InternationalWomensDay next week, our friends Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again are hosting an online talk about the formative women in SH's life. Book here! 👇
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Join us on 12 April for a captivating evening with Irvine Welsh, the literary icon behind #Trainspotting ! Engage in a riveting discussion with Welsh and Hugh Odling-Smee covering writing, film, culture, & beyond>shorturl.at/kqOU5
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We're looking forward to this, tonight in Lancaster with thanks to our friends Lancaster Litfest ! Watch online 👇

The Heaney-Miłosz Residency is a celebration of the friendship of Czesław Miłosz and Seamus Heaney.

Alice Lyons, the first writer-in-residence, reflects here on her time in Krakow.

✍️The Residency will return in 2025.

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Estate of Seamus Heaney KRK Literature

'It has been a wonderful, deepening time' - poet Alice Lyons talks to Derek Scally Irish Times Books about being the first recipient of the Heaney-Milosz Residency, an initiative we have been proud to partner on with Ireland in Poland and KRK Literature
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