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Wednesday 14th – Saturday 17th May 2025

Cork International Poetry Festival

The Cork International Poetry Festival is Ireland’s biggest annual poetry festival. It celebrates Cork as a vibrant poetry scene with international connections. Every year major Irish and international poets gather for four days of readings, discussions, workshops and film.

The programme of readings taking place this year at the Cork Arts Theatre is as follows:


 

Wednesday 14th May @ 7pm
Pat Boran and Rosemary Jenkinson

 


 

Wednesday 14th May @ 8.30pm
John McAuliffe and Thomas McCarthy

 


 

Wednesday 14th May @ 10pm
Frank McGuinness and Maurice Riordan

 


 

Thursday 15th May @ 7pm
Susannah Dickey and Jaki McCarrick

 


 

Thursday 15th May @ 8.30pm
Ciaran Berry and James Harpur

 


 

Thursday 15th May @ 10pm
Jane Clarke and Pádraig Ó Tuama

 


 

Friday 16th May @ 7pm
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

 


 

Friday 16th May @ 8.30pm
Leeanne Quinn and Richard Scott

 


 

Friday 16th May @ 10pm
Nick Makoha and Nisrine Mbarki

 


 

Saturday 17th May @ 3pm
Fool for Poetry & Gregory O’Donoghue Prize Readings

 


 

Saturday 17th May @ 4.30pm
Spléachadh ar Aneas

 


 

Saturday 17th May @ 7pm
Fiona Benson and Traci Brimhall

 


 

Saturday 17th May @ 8.30pm
Theresa Muñoz and Mary O’Malley

 


 

Saturday 17th May @ 10pm
Marie Howe and Krisztina Tóth

 


 

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