Michael Dooley
@michaeldooley.bsky.social
poems, mostly in Irish lit journals | trout and salmon, mostly still in the river | best efforts and tangents, the classroom
Limerick, Ireland
https://www.doirepress.com/books/poetry/in-spring-we-turned-to-water
https://michaeldooleypoetry.com/about/
Limerick, Ireland
https://www.doirepress.com/books/poetry/in-spring-we-turned-to-water
https://michaeldooleypoetry.com/about/
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Michael Dooley
@michaeldooley.bsky.social
· May 10
An honour to have co-won the Southword Debut Poetry Collection Award with the magnificent Parker Hibbett. My thanks to the judges, to @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social, and to J&L @doirepress.bsky.social. Warmest congratulations to Victoria on winning the Farmgate.
www.corkpoetryfest.net/awards.html
www.corkpoetryfest.net/awards.html
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Lots of photos from last year's Circling The Square, including Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, talking to Declan O'Driscoll, @eleanorhooker.bsky.social, @janeclarke.bsky.social and @michaeldooley.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Lots of photos from last year's Circling The Square, including Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, talking to Declan O'Driscoll, @eleanorhooker.bsky.social, @janeclarke.bsky.social and @michaeldooley.bsky.social
Cora Brooks, Ploughshares Vol. 3 No. 3&4, 1977
December 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Cora Brooks, Ploughshares Vol. 3 No. 3&4, 1977
Great to see the tour de force that is After Party by @deanbrowne.bsky.social in today's Sunday Times.
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great to see the tour de force that is After Party by @deanbrowne.bsky.social in today's Sunday Times.
Jessica Traynor
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Jessica Traynor
I was sorry to have missed the launch of the brilliant @bansheepress.bsky.social tonight. What they've given us in a decade!
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I was sorry to have missed the launch of the brilliant @bansheepress.bsky.social tonight. What they've given us in a decade!
So looking forward to taking part in Circling The Square next week, a festival in honour of the great Dennis O'Driscoll.
@michaeldooley.bsky.social , author of the exceptional debut collection, 'In Spring We Turned to Water', published by @doirepress.bsky.social, will read at next weekend's Circling The Square.
Details of the festival and booking options here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Details of the festival and booking options here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
So looking forward to taking part in Circling The Square next week, a festival in honour of the great Dennis O'Driscoll.
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Just a week to go to this year's Circling The Square.
Tickets and information available here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Tickets and information available here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Just a week to go to this year's Circling The Square.
Tickets and information available here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Tickets and information available here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Very grateful to Jessica to have a poem amongst such company.
Introducing Banshee 20 poets! We're delighted to be featuring work by
@colmbrennan.bsky.social | @hettycliss.bsky.social | Polina Cosgrave | @satyadash.bsky.social | Stephen de Búrca | @michaeldooley.bsky.social | Malcolm Greenlee Farley | @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social | Finn Dunne Leavy (1/2)
@colmbrennan.bsky.social | @hettycliss.bsky.social | Polina Cosgrave | @satyadash.bsky.social | Stephen de Búrca | @michaeldooley.bsky.social | Malcolm Greenlee Farley | @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social | Finn Dunne Leavy (1/2)
Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Very grateful to Jessica to have a poem amongst such company.
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Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
Issue 20 | Autumn/Winter 2025 — Banshee Press
Guest edited by Clara Kumagai 154 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-18-3 Cover art by Erin Connally
bansheepress.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
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Here's a little taster from New Arcana! Big thanks to @booksireland.bsky.social for featuring a reading of my poem 'and the girl inside me' 🔮✨️
🌟Jessica Traynor reads from her forthcoming collection New Arcana (Bloodaxe Books) over on Books Ireland today!🌟
booksirelandmagazine.com/jessica-tray...
🔥New Arcana launches 02 October @gutterbookshop.bsky.social 🔥
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/jessica-tray...
🔥New Arcana launches 02 October @gutterbookshop.bsky.social 🔥
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
Jessica Traynor reads from her new collection, New Arcana - Books Ireland
Jessica Traynor reads from her new collection, New Arcana (Bloodaxe).
booksirelandmagazine.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Here's a little taster from New Arcana! Big thanks to @booksireland.bsky.social for featuring a reading of my poem 'and the girl inside me' 🔮✨️
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Tidal by karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social is out now!
Order here -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #literature #Irish #feminism #poetry
Order here -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #literature #Irish #feminism #poetry
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Tidal by karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social is out now!
Order here -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #literature #Irish #feminism #poetry
Order here -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #literature #Irish #feminism #poetry
I'm so grateful to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for this generous review of In Spring We Turned to Water in Poetry Ireland Review 146. Míle Buíochas, @doirepress.bsky.social, @poetryireland.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I'm so grateful to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for this generous review of In Spring We Turned to Water in Poetry Ireland Review 146. Míle Buíochas, @doirepress.bsky.social, @poetryireland.bsky.social
A tremendous collection of work being publisher this month.
September 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A tremendous collection of work being publisher this month.
Grateful for this.
'These poems exhort us to imagine the acts we're capable of, alongside great love - not only as individuals, but as communities.'
Big thanks to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for her stellar review of IN SPRING WE TURNED TO WATER by @michaeldooley.bsky.social in Poetry Ireland Review
Big thanks to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for her stellar review of IN SPRING WE TURNED TO WATER by @michaeldooley.bsky.social in Poetry Ireland Review
September 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Grateful for this.
Grateful for this opportunity to read at Circling the Square festival in Thurles, 01 Nov. Looking forward to beginning with a favourite Dennis O' Driscoll poem, too.
The 4th annual Circling the Square Festival comes back to The Source Arts Centre!
⌚31 October - 2 November
🎭The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
💷Tickets: €14.00-€17.50
💸Book your tickets here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/cir...
⌚31 October - 2 November
🎭The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
💷Tickets: €14.00-€17.50
💸Book your tickets here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/cir...
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Grateful for this opportunity to read at Circling the Square festival in Thurles, 01 Nov. Looking forward to beginning with a favourite Dennis O' Driscoll poem, too.
"Somewhere in France", Michael Hartnett. PIR 14, Autumn 1985
August 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Somewhere in France", Michael Hartnett. PIR 14, Autumn 1985
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'McKenna speckles the collection with many surprising images, some contrasting nut this reader trusts that each one is placed into the poems as deliberately as the thief acquiring her collection of keys.'
Review of FOUR THOUSAND KEYS by @lindamckenna.bsky.social in the new issue of Skylight 47
Review of FOUR THOUSAND KEYS by @lindamckenna.bsky.social in the new issue of Skylight 47
June 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
'McKenna speckles the collection with many surprising images, some contrasting nut this reader trusts that each one is placed into the poems as deliberately as the thief acquiring her collection of keys.'
Review of FOUR THOUSAND KEYS by @lindamckenna.bsky.social in the new issue of Skylight 47
Review of FOUR THOUSAND KEYS by @lindamckenna.bsky.social in the new issue of Skylight 47
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'... a book filled with outstanding poems. Horgan gives voice to a range of characters and concerns not often seen in Irish literature.'
Big thanks to Seán Kelly at the @irishexaminer.bsky.social for this stellar review of CARE by @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Big thanks to Seán Kelly at the @irishexaminer.bsky.social for this stellar review of CARE by @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Poetry review: A debut that urges us to care
Divided into five sections, this is a collection that very deliberately speaks to Ireland in the 2020s
www.irishexaminer.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
'... a book filled with outstanding poems. Horgan gives voice to a range of characters and concerns not often seen in Irish literature.'
Big thanks to Seán Kelly at the @irishexaminer.bsky.social for this stellar review of CARE by @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Big thanks to Seán Kelly at the @irishexaminer.bsky.social for this stellar review of CARE by @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Chasing silver in Galway
June 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Chasing silver in Galway
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In Spring We Turned to Water
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June 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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