Poetry Day Ireland

Poetry Day Ireland, with the theme ‘There will be time’, took place on 30 April 2020. Social distancing due to Covid-19 meant a rapid recalibration of this year’s plans, with many events due to take place physically around the country being reconfigured into online events.

Several new and imaginative ideas came to the fore in those weeks before the festival, including Poetry Ireland events The Poetry Line and a children’s Poemathon with President Michael D Higgins, and many more events around the country and abroad.

We received extremely positive feedback about the festival’s expanded reach and increased access due to its digital nature. We are now busy planning for next year’s Poetry Day Ireland, taking place on Thursday 29 April 2021.

Paul Mescal who read a Derek Mahon poem in one of our Poetry Day Ireland videos

“Thank you Poetry Ireland - #PoetryDayIRL – you lifted us all up ”