Poetry Ireland Centre Development

from 2021 - Poetry Ireland Year in Review

Ireland Chair of Poetry

Poetry Ireland, in partnership with the Irish Heritage Trust and the Irish Landmark Trust, continues to work towards the development of 11 Parnell Square which will house a vibrant Poetry Centre dedicated to celebrating and supporting poets. The building will include the head offices for the three organisations and the ground floor and first floor will house a café, poetry performance and workshop spaces, and the Seamus Heaney Poetry Library.

Throughout 2021, the Development Steering Committee has worked with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and, in the coming weeks, will announce an open call for tenders for an architectural led team. Over the following months, building work will commence and by December 2023, it is planned that the Poetry Centre will open and become an integral part of the country’s cultural centres as well as serving the surrounding Dublin 1 community.

In advance of the appointment of a design team and building refurbishment beginning, Poetry Ireland is to take up a new, temporary home. We are delighted to be relocating to The Cregan Library, on Dublin City University’s St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra. We are very grateful to DCU for its support and look forward to partnering on new live literature events and artists supports while we are based on campus, after which time we will be returning to the wonderfully enhanced and accessible Poetry Ireland Centre.

Thank you for your continued support and looking forward to seeing you in 2022! From all at Poetry Ireland: Niamh, Elizabeth, Paul, Jane, Lisa, Anne, Eoin, Moira, Catherine Ann, Anna and Mary.