Oliver O’Hanlon wrote a nice piece about Parnell’s Walking Stick for The Irish Times which you can read here.
An Irishman’s Diary 29.12.20
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Amergin Online
In anticipation of 2021’s Amergin Festival, Éigse na Gréine, here is a link to some performances to get us through aimsir an dúluachair: https://amerginpoetry.com/amergin-online/
EFACIS Podcast
It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Daniela Theinová for the EFACIS Irish Itinerary Podcast. Daniela is a wonderful poetry critic with a considerable knowledge of the Irish language and its literature. Her book, Limits and Languages in Contemporary Irish Women’s Poetry was recently published by Palgrave. She read her translations of my poems at a reading in Prague some years ago (2012, I think!) You can listen to our conversation here. Buíochas ó chroí leat, a Daniela!
Some recent publications…
Aneas is a beautiful new Irish-language literary journal edited by the poet Simon Ó Faoláin and published by the Munster Literature Centre. I’m happy to have a new poem in Aneas alongside some of my favourite writers of poetry, short fiction and criticism. It’s available for purchase here.
Sincere thanks to David Gardiner of New Hibernia Review for publishing my work in the Spring 2020 issue, which also features essays by Seán Lysaght and Patrick Kehoe as well as academic articles by Kathryn Milligan, Conor Linnie, John T. Crawford, Sarah Harsh and Alexander E. Callaway. Most fascinating of all (with respect to the above contributors!) is the insightful interview with Thomas Kinsella by Adrienne Levy.
Half Moon Festival
Check out this wonderful festival curated by UCC students that’s running from June 26th to 28th. Criostóir Ó Loinsigh composed choral music to my own poem ‘Tionlacan’ and to a poem by Darragh Ó Caoimh. You can listen to the piece and to a podcast here on Friday 26th @12 midday.
Cultúr faoin gCuibhriú
2020 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry
Beyond delighted at the news that I’m the 2020 recipient of the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award from St Thomas University in St Paul, Minnesota. Looking forward to visiting in April.
RTÉ Radio 1 The Poetry Programme
You can listen back to Bernard O’Donoghue, myself and the beautiful singing of Ceara Conway on the Poetry Programme here.
With thanks to Olivia O’Leary, Claire Cunningham, Poetry Ireland and the OPW.
Michael Hartett Award 2019
Thrilled that Tost agus Allagar won the Michael Hartnett Award 2019. Buíochas ó chroí to the judges, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Gabriel Fitzmaurice. My thanks, too, to Norma Prendiville and the organising committee of Éigse Michael Hartnett. 
Review: File ar Fhile
Many thanks to Aifric Mac Aodha for her review of the series ‘File ar Fhile’ which was published by Cois Life in May. The review is published in The Irish Times.
The series is also on the shortlist for Gradam de Bhaldraithe, a new Oireachtas literary award that recognises excellence in translation.
