Read the Poetry as Commemoration Report
Download the final report on Poetry as Commemoration here: Poetry as Commemoration Report
Poetry as Commemoration Comes to a Close
Poetry as Commemoration team, Evelyn Flanagan, Dr Catherine Wilsdon, and Dr Lucy Collins presenting the poetry archive to University Librarian Dr Sandra Collins. I am delighted to announce the successful completion of
Conversations with Commissioned Poets
Throughout 2023, a series of conversations with commissioned poets were held in collaboration with MoLI, the Verbal Arts Centre, and UCD Festival. Below are recordings from these events. On
Roller skates and detonators: reflections on a remarkable Decade of Centenaries project
Comhrá na mBan Westside Writers Group Emily Cullen is the Meskell Poet in Residence at the University of Limerick where she lectures on the MA in Creative Writing. Her third collection, Conditional Perfect (Doire
Public Libraries Receive Gift of Grief’s Broken Brow
Grief's Broken Brow is a collection of commemorative poems by ten established and emerging poets accompanied by a suite of three new artworks by James Earley. The poems and artwork were inspired by archival
In the Media
New Podcast Revisits The Soloheadbeg Ambush A Century On. Hosted by journalist and broadcaster, Catherine Fogarty, this recently launched
podcast records highlights of a unique event, held in Tipperary Town Library to mark International Women’s Day 2024.
UCD donates limited edition book ‘Grief’s Broken Brow’. National Library of Ireland, 4 Mar. 2024.
International Women’s Day celebrated at Tipperary Town Library. Tipperary Live. 15 Mar. 2024.
Special International Women’s Day Event To Take Place In Tipperary Town. Tippmidwestradio.com. 22 Feb. 2024.
Soloheadbeg ambush: ‘The men who killed your great-grandfather took shelter in … Catherine Wilsdon – The Irish Times. 20 Jan. 2024.
Poetry as Commemoration contributors on Morning Call With Catherine Fogarty by Tipp Mid West Radio. 13 Nov. 2023. (Segment starts at 1hr 27mins)
Inaugural Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School a resounding success. Ireland Live. 5 Oct. 2023.
Decade Of Centenaries ‘Poetry Jukebox’ At Galway City Museum. Culture Night. 22 Sept. 2023.
Countdown to MacDonagh Hedge School. Nenagh Guardian. 11 Sept, 2023.
Poetry Jukebox commemorates Galway connections to Ireland’s struggle for independence. Galway Daily. 28 Aug, 2023.
Tipperary museum to mark its tenth birthday with inaugural Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School. Tipperary Live. 28 Aug, 2023.
Two University of Limerick writers feature in new ‘Poetry Jukebox’. 18 Aug, 2023.
Museum Celebrates with MacDonagh Hedge School. Nenagh Guardian. 18 Aug, 2023.
‘Poetry Jukebox’ BITE-SIZED HISTORY. History Ireland, Issue 4 (July/August 2023), Volume 31
Poetry As Commemoration – deepening our collective understanding of a crucial period in Irish history 1912 – 1923 by Angela Graham. The Honest Ulsterman, June 2023.
New Poetry Jukebox Commemorates Irish History in The People’s Park. ilovelimerick.ie 17 May, 2023.
Poetry Jukebox pops up in Limerick park . Live95FM, 17 May 2023.
New Poetry Jukebox Commemorates Irish History in The People’s Park, Limerick.ie, 17 May 2023.
New installation in Limerick park has people scratching their heads. Limerick Leader, 16 May 2023.
Museum commemorating 1916 Rising leader celebrates 10th anniversary Offaly Express, 4 May 2023.
Poetry as Commemoration participant, Anna O Laoghaire, discusses her poem ‘Sentinels’ on Tipp Mid West Radio. Listen at 38min 28 secs. 23 Jan 2023.
Civil War poem by Wexfordman Ned Culleton included in national collection in the James Joyce Library at UCD. Irish Independent. 10 Jan, 2023.
Poetry as Commemoration – Poetry Jukebox comes to Cobh. 28 Nov 2022.
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.
Jukebox of Poetry installed in Waterford’s Cultural Quarter. 22 Sept. 2022.
Jukebox reciting poetry added to Waterford’s Cultural Quarter. WLR FM. 14 Sept. 2022.
Waterford public encouraged to engage with poetry jukebox containing 20 poems. 23 Sept. 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.
