Poetry on the Prom: Cobh welcomes installation
On Friday, 16th December 2022, the local community in Cobh, Co. Cork, welcomed the installation of the Poetry as Commemoration Jukebox during a launch event on the Promenade. The Poetry Jukebox contains recordings of
Great-granddaughter of James McDonnell pens commemorative poem
James (Seamus) McDonnell (RIC), his wife Anastasia and children at their home in Murgasty, Co. Tipperary. In July 2022, Anna O Laoghaire took part in a Poetry as Commemoration workshop at the
Poetry as Commemoration Workshops
The story of Ireland is preserved in archives across the island and beyond. Records, letters, photographs and ephemera provide powerful contemporary evidence of events and lives that shaped our collective past. Since June 2022,
Project featured on RTE’s The Poetry Programme
On Sunday, 6 November, the Poetry as Commemoration initiative featured on RTE Radio 1's The Poetry Programme. In the episode presenter, Olivia O'Leary, met students from St. Fiacc's National School, Graiguecullen, Co. Carlow, as
Jukebox Tour Continues in Cork City
Poets Eibhlis Carcione, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Deborah Oniah, Victoria Kennefick, & Thomas McCarthy with Lord Mayor of Cork City, Deirdre Forde at the launch of the Poetry as Commemoration Jukebox. Picture: Alison Miles /OSM
Poetry as Commemoration at The Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
As part of the Belfast Book Festival programme (10-19 June 2022) and in collaboration with Poetry as Commemoration, the Poetry Jukebox outside the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast City has a new curation of
In the Media
Poetry Programme: how poems deepen our understanding of the past. RTE.ie 4 Nov 2022.
Blood Pulled My Shoe Off: The Birth of the Free State in the Words of Maire Comerford. The Irish Times. 31 Oct. 2022.
The Irish Times Books Newsletter, 30 Sept. 2022.
Imagine Arts Festival Waterford, 25-30 Oct. 2022.
Sound, thanks, Cork Independent. 24 Aug. 2022.
Cork to host poetry jukebox to commemorate centenary of conflicts. Irish Independent. 18 Aug. 2022.
Word on the street is Cork to get poetry jukebox. Irish Examiner. 12 Aug, 2022.
The Crescent Arts Centre to host Poetry as Commemoration Poetry Jukebox throughout Belfast Book Festival. 17 May, 2022.
Poetry as Commemoration Commissions. Poetry Ireland, 6 May 2022.
Poetry as Commemoration Commissions Announced. Irish Times Weekly Round up. 29. Apr. 2022.
New initiatives will bring poetry about commemoration to the fore. Irish Independent. 2 Sept, 2021.
‘Poetry as Commemoration’ – A new partnership for the Decade of Centenaries with the Irish Poetry Reading Archive at University College Dublin (UCD) Library. Gov.ie. 26 Aug, 2021.
‘Poetry as Commemoration’ – New partnership for Decade of Centenaries with Irish Poetry Reading Archive. UCD.ie. 26 Aug, 2021.
Poetry as Commemoration – an all island project. Artscouncil-ni.org. 26 Aug, 2021.
