The Fingal Poetry Festival 2024 takes place from 13th to 15th September 2024 in the beautiful seaside town of Skerries in North County Dublin. I’m delighted to be reading from my latest poetry collection Hare’s Breath (Salmon Poetry, 2023) at an event in Ardgillan Castle Library at lunchtime on Sunday 15th September. The reading follows directly after the Poetry Walk through Ardgillan Park, led by poet Damien Donnelly at 11am, which will round off this year’s festival.
I’m particularly grateful to Festival Curator, Enda Coyle-Green, for inviting me to read as I grew up just down the road in Rush and a number of the poems featured in Hare’s Breath draw on memories and impressions of growing up in that part of the world. I haven’t lived there in over thirty years so it will be a kind of homecoming for me and for the poems. I hope that you can join me for the celebration. Entry to the event is free but you can book your tickets in advance here.
The Festival offers a diverse programme including poetry walks, performances, workshops, and inclusive events for all ages. Highlights include a mandala creation, a poetry slam, family activities, and jazz performances, ending with the Ardgillan Poetry Walk on Sunday. Poets featured over the weekend include: Tony Curtis, Ceaití Ní Bhéildiúin, Lani O’Hanlon, Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Philip Cummings, Peter Sirr, Brid Ní Mhóráin, Leontia Flynn, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha and Damien Donnelly.
I look forward to seeing you there!
