Poetry Ireland Review is a journal of Irish poetry

Irish poetry

The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...

 published quarterly by Poetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland is an organisation for poets and poetry, in both Irish and English, in the island of Ireland. It is a public body that receives support from The Arts Council of Ireland and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1978 by John F. Deane and is based in Proud's Lane,...

, the national Irish poetry organization.

Poetry Ireland Review publishes the work of both emerging and established Irish and international poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

s. In line with keeping the journal fresh, vibrant and progressive it appoints a new editor for every four journals. An original Poetry Ireland journal appeared in April 1948, edited by David Marcus

David Marcus

David Marcus was an Irish Jewish editor and writer who was a lifelong advocate and editor of Irish fiction.- Life and times :...

. Poetry Ireland reappeared in Autumn 1962, published by Dolmen Press and edited by John Jordan

John Jordan (poet)

John Jordan was an Irish poet born in Dublin on 8 April 1930. He was educated at Synge Street CBS, University College, Dublin and Pembroke College, Oxford. In his teens he acted on the stage of the Gate Theatre, Dublin, before winning a Scholarship in English and French to Oxford University from...

 with an editorial board of James Liddy

James Liddy

James Liddy , was an Irish poet, born in Dublin, Ireland. He is best known for his collections In A Blue Smoke and Blue Mountain . The first volume of Liddy's memoir, The Doctor's House: An Autobiography, was published in 2004.-Bibliography:* Irish Poetry of Faith and Doubt:The Cold Heaven, p.187,...

, James J McAuley and Richard Weber

Richard Weber

Richard Weber is a Canadian Arctic and polar adventurer. From 1978 to 2006, he organized and lead more than 45 Arctic expeditions. Richard is the only person to have completed six full North Pole expeditions...

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Poetry Ireland Review in its current format appeared in 1981, edited by John Jordan and is administrated by Poetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland is an organisation for poets and poetry, in both Irish and English, in the island of Ireland. It is a public body that receives support from The Arts Council of Ireland and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1978 by John F. Deane and is based in Proud's Lane,...

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Poetry Ireland Review Past Editors
John Jordan John Jordan (poet) John Jordan was an Irish poet born in Dublin on 8 April 1930. He was educated at Synge Street CBS, University College, Dublin and Pembroke College, Oxford. In his teens he acted on the stage of the Gate Theatre, Dublin, before winning a Scholarship in English and French to Oxford University from...	1-8
Thomas McCarthy Thomas McCarthy (poet) Thomas McCarthy is an Irish poet, novelist, and critic, born in Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland. He attended University College Cork where he was part of a resurgence of literary activity under the inspiration of John Montague...	9,10,11,12
Conleth Ellis & Rita E. Kelly	13
Terence Brown	14,15,16,17
Ciarán Cosgrove	18,19
Dennis O'Driscoll Dennis O'Driscoll Dennis O’Driscoll is an Irish poet, essayist, critic, and editor born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland. Although not widely recognized in the United States, he is considered one of the best European poets of his time. In all, he has written eight books of poetry, two chapbooks, and a...	20,21
John Ennis & Rory Brennan Rory Brennan Rory Brennan is an Irish poet, born in Westport, County Mayo.-Life:Rory Brennan lectures in Dublin City University. He was previously a presenter and programme maker on RTÉ Radio. He is ex-director of Poetry Ireland, He has educated at Trinity College Dublin and NUI Maynooth. He has lived in...	22,23
John Ennis	24,25
Micheal O'Siadhail Micheal O'Siadhail Micheal O'Siadhail is an Irish poet. Among his awards are The Marten Toonder Prize and The Irish American Culture Institute Prize for Literature.-Early life:Micheal O'Siadhail was born into a middle class Dublin family...	26,27,28,29
Máire Mhac an tSaoi Máire Mhac an tSaoi -Background:Mhac an tSaoi was born as Máire MacEntee in Dublin in 1922. Her father, Seán MacEntee, a native of Belfast, was a founding member of Fianna Fáil, a long-serving TD and Tánaiste in the Dáil and a participant in the Easter Rising of 1916. Her mother, County Tipperary-born Margaret Browne...	30,31,32,33
Peter Denman	34,35,36,37
Pat Boran Pat Boran Pat Boran is an Irish poet. Born in Portlaoise, Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press which specialises in contemporary poetry from Ireland, and international poetry in English-language translation, and was until 2007 Programme Director of the...	38
Seán Ó Cearnaigh	39
Pat Boran Pat Boran Pat Boran is an Irish poet. Born in Portlaoise, Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press which specialises in contemporary poetry from Ireland, and international poetry in English-language translation, and was until 2007 Programme Director of the...	40,41,42
Chris Agee Chris Agee Christopher Robert Agee is a poet, essayist and editor living in Ireland. He holds dual American and Irish citizenship, and has spent most of his adult life in Ireland...	43,44
Moya Cannon Moya Cannon Moya Cannon is an Irish author.Cannon was born in 1956 in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She studied History and Politics at University College Dublin, and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge....	45,46,47,48
Liam Ó Muirthile	49
Michael Longley Michael Longley Michael Longley, CBE is a Northern Irish poet from Belfast.-Life and career:Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and subsequently read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited Icarus...	50
Liam Ó Muirthile	51,52
Frank Ormsby Frank Ormsby Francis Arthur Ormsby is a Northern Irish poet.He was educated at St Michael's College, Enniskillen and Queen's University Belfast. He was editor of The Honest Ulsterman from 1969 to 1989, and has also edited the Poetry Ireland Review. Since 1976 he has been Head of English at the Royal Belfast...	53,54,55,56
Catherine Phil Mac Carthy	57,58,59,60
Mark Roper	61,62,63,64
Biddy Jenkinson	65,66,67,68
Maurice Harmon	69,70,71,72
Eva Bourke Eva Bourke Eva Bourke is an Irish poet.Bourke was born in Germany but has lived for much of her life in Galway, Ireland. She studied German Literature and History of Art at the University of Munich. She has had five volumes of her own work published, as well as publications as editor and translator.She is a...	76
Peter Sirr Peter Sirr Peter Sirr is an Irish poet, born in Waterford, Ireland. He lives in Dublin where he works as a freelance writer and translator.-Life:...	77 - 91
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is an Irish poet born in Cork .-Life:Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is the daughter of Eilís Dillon and Professor Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin. She was educated at University College Cork and The University of Oxford. She lives in Dublin with her husband Macdara Woods, and they have one...	92 - 95
Caitríona O'Reilly Caitriona O'Reilly Caitríona O'Reilly is an Irish poet and critic. She took BA and PhD degrees in Archaeology and English at Trinity College, Dublin, and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her poetry collection, The Nowhere Birds ; she has also held the Harper-Wood Studentship from St John's...	96 -

Further information

• ‘The Reception of Contemporary Scottish Poetry in Ireland: The Case of Poetry Ireland Review’, by Val Nolan, in The Enclave of My Nation: Cross-currents in Irish and Scottish Studies, eds. Shane Alcobia-Murphy and Margret Maxwell (Aberdeen: AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, 2008). ISBN: 978-1-906108-03-8