Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award; Irish Writers Centre events; ACIS award for Arlen House; Cló Iar-Chonnacht and Cúirt ...

Daljit Nagra selects No Egos No Divas: New Poets in Irish. Presented by poet and academic Louis de Paor. From 2019. Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects No Egos No Divas: ...

Punk poet John Cooper Clarke is to receive the 2025 Northern Music Award in recognition of his influence in the world of ...

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025 - the biggest Irish language festival in the world - kicks off on March 1. What is Seachtain na ...

The Wild Swans duo Mikey and Katie Dunlavey held the first showcase last year. The lineup this year is bigger — seven bands, ...

Irish writers are rightly famous. With Valentine’s Day upon us yet again, we decided to give you a flavor of the best love writings from some of our greatest writers and poets. From W.B. Yeats ...

The Burlington Irish Heritage Festival kicks off its 30th year with a multi-day celebration of Irish culture in Vermont. Beginning February 28, and extending over much of March, the Festival ...

But our music scene arguably best defines ... expect to hear Dunlavey sprinkle a few stories and poetry in the mix of traditional Irish ballads and songs. “We’re excited to have the musicians ...

Joanne writes in Irish and English. She is published in Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Rattle, Aneas, Comhar, The Honest Ulsterman, Howl, The Four Faced Liar and others. She was selected ...

Perhaps most striking about this work is a kind of Dadaist playfulness rarely found in Irish poetry – perhaps closest would be the poems of Paul Durcan, with their absurdist propositions often ...

For the band, their third studio album, 2022’s Skinty Fia was their breakthrough album, debuting at number one on the Irish ...

A west Belfast writer is set to bring poetry to life at the Grand Central Station after being named ‘poet-in-residence’ for the new flagship transport hub. As part of her role, Niamh McNally ...