A lovely programme on RTE Lyric FM this evening in which poet Moya Cannon talked to people in The Burren and read some poems from her most recent collection.

Moya will read at this year's Circling The Square, on Friday, Oct 31st.
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A previously unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney, along with an essay by Rosie Lavan, giving the context for the poem.
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.

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Wonderful launch for The Hare's Corner on Friday evening. It was a celebration of the book but more importantly everyone who is looking after Irish nature.
Thanks @newislandbooks.bsky.social @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social Jane Carkill Catherine Cleary

I was thrilled to receive a copy of this majestic, 1,252-page book today. It will be published by @faberbooks.bsky.social on Oct. 9th.
I will be speaking to the editors Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue on Nov. 1st.
Booking details are available here:
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I really enjoyed participating in this festival last year. Such a lovely atmosphere, really well run and a fantastic line-up of poets and musicians. Highly recommend checking it out.
Circling The Square 31st Oct - 2nd Nov in Thurles
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Grateful for this opportunity to read at Circling the Square festival in Thurles, 01 Nov. Looking forward to beginning with a favourite Dennis O' Driscoll poem, too.

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The 4th annual Circling the Square Festival comes back to The Source Arts Centre!

⌚31 October - 2 November
🎭The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
💷Tickets: €14.00-€17.50
💸Book your tickets here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/cir...

I'm very much looking forward to reading from my poetry at this wonderful festival, which every year remembers our great poet and friend Dennis O'Driscoll. With thanks to @jacqbetula.bsky.social @mercierpress.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

On Saturday, Nov. 1st, I will be interviewing Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, forthcoming from @faberbooks.bsky.social, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, at 2.30 pm.

Tickets available online at @sourcearts.bsky.social

Thrill to read alongside Jane Clarke, Mark Roper, Bernard O'Donohue & Grace Wilentz, w/ #music by Leslie Dowall & Hugh Buckley, Emma Roche, Ed Dwan Quartet and Hidden Highways, at the #CirclingTheSquare festival in #Thurles, Saturday 1 November. Thanks to Larry O'Doherty for the invitation #poetry

Tickets for Circling The Square - which will take place at @sourcearts.bsky.social on Oct 31st. & Oct. 1st. - can be booked here.
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The website for Circling The Square is now online. You can see full details of the festival, links to the poets' websites and information about the founding of the festival here:
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. @circlingpoetry.bsky.social‬ commemorates our wonderful Tipperary poet, the late Dennis O'Driscoll www.poetryfoundation.org/people/denni...

I'm sure it will be every bit as good as it looks, and it looks terrific. I look forward very much to reading it, Nicholas.

Tickeys for this year's Circling The Square can be purchesed here.

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Eleanor is one of the fourteen poets who will read at this year's Circling The Square, which will take place at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles on Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st.
More details soon.

‘Recovery’ by Eleanor Hooker (from The Shadow Owner's Companion, Dedalus Press) via Poetry Ireland.

“One of the most fundamental emotions in my poetry is empathy. I have the deepest sense of compassion for the bewilderment that people feel when forced to face, on a daily basis, all of the daunting things that life throws at them.“ ~ Dennis O’Driscoll

The poster for this year's Circling The Square.

Details about the poets and musicians will be available soon.

This year's Circling The Square will take place in The Source Arts Centre on Oct. 31st and Nov 1st, 2025.

Last year, poet Iggy McGovern said, "This is the best poetry festival I've ever been at."

Follow to find out the great line-up for this year's event which we are currently putting together.

More photos from this year's Circling The Square.
Anne Tannam; Declan O'Driscoll, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Thomas Lynch, Eithne Lannon, Larry Doherty and Iggy McGovern; Louis de Paor.