We’re delighted to share the inaugural speech of Vona Groarke, Ireland Professor of Poetry 2025–2028 ✨ Read her reflections on poetry and her vision for the next three years irelandchairofpoetry.org/inaugural-sp...
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for PIR Issue 146, provided by Northern Irish artist, Stephen Johnston. PIR 146 is now available for pre-order on our website!
Susannah Dickey recently travelled to Prague with the support of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award 2024, to explore the work of visual artist David Černý.
Vona Groarke has been welcomed by the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust as the new Ireland Professor of Poetry, one of the most prestigious positions in poetry. The position will run from September 2025 to November 2028.
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, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon
