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One of the many brilliant poets from Introductions / Céadlínte 2025 Jacob Ray-Halliday reading at the showcase with Dublin Book Festival. 🎤

Jacob’s poems, along with many others from our Introductions / Céadlínte poets will be available in an e-pub coming out later this week!

10.11.2025 15:12 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

On Friday Oct 24 8pm, at Phil Grimes pub and venue in Waterford City, SpeakEasy will host Ireland Professor of Poetry Vona Groarke. Vona is shortlisted for the prestigious TS Eliot Prize. She will give a reading, and will also be in conversation with Waterford poet, @mollytwomey. @poetryireland

15.10.2025 12:37 — 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

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25.09.2025 12:18 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 2

Next SpeakEasy Waterford on Sept 26 with special guest, debut novelist Orla Mackey. Open Mic and music as well.

18.09.2025 15:28 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

We're very excited to announce this— Off The Scéal is a brand new Multilingual Open-Mic night created and hosted by the amazing @danflynn94.bsky.social and myself 😍

Come on down to the DLR Lexicon Studio and join us for a night of poetry and song —

31.08.2025 21:06 — 👍 20 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 2

The 2025 Introductions | Céadlínte programme is underway! We’re delighted to welcome this new cohort of poets and hope that Introductions will provide them with many new creative opportunities as they launch their promising writing careers.

Visit to our website to learn more!

08.09.2025 19:53 — 👍 17 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks Paul

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Thanks Breda

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Thanks Frank

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So delighted to be selected for @poetryireland.bsky.social Introductions 2025, and really looking forward to it. Congratulations to all those selected. Thanks to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for selecting me.

27.08.2025 07:38 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0

Thanks Frank

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Thanks Andrew

21.06.2025 17:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Delighted to have a poem in the latest edition of the unique Abridged journal - Lilith edition, alongside a very stiking image from Kseniia Antipina @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social Thanks so much to the editors.

13.06.2025 11:59 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

We're pleased to present Abridged 0 - 105: Lilith. We hope you like it. We do. www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... Image by Kseniia Antipina. See you in Belfast at the Golden Thread Gallery tomorrow night! @goldenthreadni.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #poetry

04.06.2025 13:03 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Waterford City - Next SpeakEasy Open Mic with some very special guests this Friday. Come along and read, or to listen.

20.05.2025 11:24 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Tickets are now available for CIPF-2025 Jane Clarke and Pádraig Ó Tuama at Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland. www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/ire...

13.05.2025 07:13 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

May 23, SpeakEasy Open MIc, Waterford with guest poet Mícheál McCann. Mícheál is from Derry City. His poems have been published in The Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review and Banshee.He holds a PhD from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s. Devotion is his first collection, from Gallery Press.

12.05.2025 15:06 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Hello everyone!

We’re excited to announce that submissions for this year’s issue will be opening soon!

Each category will be reviewed by a special guest judge (announced next week).

Send us your best—we can’t wait to read what you’ve been working on!

10.05.2025 11:26 — 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1

Tomorrow in Waterford

09.05.2025 10:39 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Submission Call open now! Don't be tardy!

07.05.2025 12:36 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Tomorrow is May Day. We remember the fight against Fascism. 5pm at the Spanish Civil War Memorial.
#NoPasaran

30.04.2025 16:20 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Looking forward to celebrating Poetry Day Ireland with these wonderful poets in The Book Centre Waterford Thursday 1st May 📖📚

It would be lovely to see you there! ❤️💫✨

#PoetryDayIRL @poetryireland.bsky.social

29.04.2025 07:11 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Poetry Day Event, Waterford

28.04.2025 03:49 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Tickets on sale here:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/james-york...

@jamesyorkston.bsky.social is consistently one of our best gigs.

27.04.2025 16:02 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Celebrating Arlen House at 50

Luke Morgan's *Blood Atlas*
Winner of 2025 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry

1st launch
2 May: Strokestown Poetry Festival at 8.30pm

(Plus 23 May at Charlie Byrne's, Galway & 1 June at Books Upstairs, Dublin)

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25.04.2025 18:39 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Our Umbra Sumus Submission Call is now open! Poetry and/or Art required!

24.04.2025 17:52 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Buy tickets for SEARCH RESULTS at Subterranean Sounds, in Waterford | powertik ie, by Subterranean Sounds Buy tickets for SEARCH RESULTS at Subterranean Sounds, in Waterford. Dublin indie-rock band play Subterranean Sounds as part of an national tour promoting th...

Bank Holiday Monday.
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21.04.2025 10:12 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Folks, this is NOT TO BE MISSED! Our friend Harry at Luca Records is putting on this legendary gig in Waterford. 🤘🤘

17.04.2025 17:10 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations Jamie 👏👏

18.04.2025 06:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The good news I couldn’t share, but now I can.

17.04.2025 22:15 — 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 7 📌 0

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