While we are preparing for the 2024 poetry competitions (details to follow soon), we would like to extend our long overdue congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Fingal Poetry Prize and An Fiach Dubh:
Fingal Poetry Prize
- 1st prize: Paul McMahon, “Mosaic”
- 2nd prize: Partridge Boswell, “Heckler”
- 3rd prize: Mike Baynham, “Pool-Side”
Special mentions:
- Partridge Boswell, “Matryoshka”
- A.M. Cousins, “Haatch”
- Christopher M James, “Golem”
- Viviana Fiorentino, “Men Around You”
- Viviana Fiorentino, “A Post-War Movie Film”
- Mícheál McCann, “Why the Cat Means What It Does”
- Paul McMahon, “My Grandfather’s alibi”
An Fiach Dubh
- 1st Prize / An Chéad Duais: Joanne McCarthy, “Anois teacht na Cuaiche”
- 2nd Prize / An Dara Duais: Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin, “Labhrann Broinn”
- Shared 3rd Prize / An Tríú Duais roinnte idir: Caitríona Ní Laighin, “Eochracha an Chúldorais”
agus Art Ó Suilleabháin, “Idir na clocha”
Celebrating the Winners at the 2023 Festival
Readings by the judges of that year’s Fingal Poetry Competition, Jessica Traynor, and An Fiach Dubh: The Irish Language Poetry Competition, Paddy Bushe, followed by the unveiling of the winning poems of the 2023 Fingal Poetry Prize and An Fiach Dubh. Music by Oscar Churcher & Diarmuid Slattery.
Now we are looking forward to a new round of poems for the two competitions 2024. Details should be available within the week!
Fingal Poetry Festival 