Catherine Phil MacCarthy

Irish Poet, 6th book, EMBLEMAS, (USP, 2024);
O Shaughnessy Award Irish Poetry 2014; Varuna, (NSW), Oct '22;
W.B.Yeats Thoor Ballylee International Poetry Prize

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

If in Paris: SAMEDI 6 Juin de 18h à 19h15 sur la Scène du Marché, launch by Niall Burgess, ambassadeur d'Irlande en France, readings and music.
I'm delighted to be included in this anthology!

@poetryireland @MunLitCentre @LimerickWriters @TedSmyth @DanMulhall

[Jeanne Maria @jeannemarie16]

🇮🇪 ☘️Poésie "MA VERTE ERIN, visages de la poésie irlandaise" anthologie bilingue @jeannemarie
préface de @NBurgessDFAT @IrishAmbParis
Marché Poésie @MDLPParis place St Sulpice
VEND 5 juin 2:30pm Café de la Mairie
SAM 6 juin 6pm Podium du Marché
Stand Manifeste @LMerleMoqueur

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

If in Paris: SAMEDI 6 Juin de 18h à 19h15 sur la Scène du Marché, launch by Niall Burgess, ambassadeur d'Irlande en France, readings and music.
I'm delighted to be included in this anthology!

@poetryireland @MunLitCentre @LimerickWriters @TedSmyth @DanMulhall

[Daniel Mulhall @DanMulhall]

A collective reading of #Ulysses in 80 days, 10-15 pages a day, begins today. There is expert help & readers’ solidarity on https://t.co/AsLhu6HYFA. Check it out. Begin the novel today. @JoyceSocietyNY @JoyceFound @bloomsdayfest @JamesJoyceCentr

[Limerick Literary Festival @kobweekend]

April is poetry month in Limerick 2026. Vivienne McKechnie reading Half Moon Magic from her new collection Shades of Red published by Revival Press. Her collection will be launched by Donal Ryan on 24th April 2026 in @PeoplesMuseumLK at 7.30pm all welcome

[Limerick Literary Festival @kobweekend]

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 7: A book with singular character -Solo by Gráinne O’Brien

#readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriters #books #read

[Limerick Literary Festival @kobweekend]

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 10: A book you discovered at a book event - A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello

#readirishwomenchallenge #booksbooksbooks #irishwriters #read

[Limerick Literary Festival @kobweekend]

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 16: A book about looking for a place to belong - The Country Girls by Enda O’Brien

#readirishwomenchallenge #readirishwomen #femalewriters #irishwriters #irishauthor

[Limerick Literary Festival @kobweekend]

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 19: A book your 8 year old self would have loved - Fia And The Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher

#readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #irishwriters #books #readmore

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

Congratulations to Lily Michaelides on the translation of her books into English. Lily is reading at the James Joyce Centre next Tuesday April 28th at 6. p.m.

@poetryireland @IrishWritersCtr @TheTeachersClub
@TedSmyth @JoyceJamesJoyce @Michael1des @DanMulhall

[Daniel Mulhall @DanMulhall]

It was always those with little else to carry
who carried the songs
to Babylon
to the Mississippi-
some of these last possessed less than nothing
did not own their own bodies
yet, three centuries later,
deep rhythms from Africa,
stowed in their hearts & bones,
carry the world’s songs
Moya Cannon

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

@maryodonnell03 @DubrayBooks @Epoque_Press Congratulations Mary and well done! An awesome achievement.

https://t.co/k1I9UqJvWL

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

@TedSmyth Thank you Ted!

[Mary O'Donnell, writer @maryodonnell03]

In the Bestsellers section of @DubrayBooks Grafton St today, signing a bundle in this glorious book-heaven! @Epoque_Press

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

https://t.co/k1I9UqJvWL
@poetryireland @Poetry_Society @LimerickWriters @kobweekend @PoetrySiobhan @TedSmyth @DanMulhall @dedaluspress @MunsterLit
My thanks to editor Gerry Smyth and The Irish Times for bringing my poem to a wide audience.

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

https://t.co/k1I9UqJvWL
@poetryireland @Poetry_Society @LimerickWriters @kobweekend @PoetrySiobhan @TedSmyth @DanMulhall @dedaluspress @MunsterLit
My thanks to editor Gerry Smyth and The Irish Times for bringing my poem to a wide audience.

[Sunday Miscellany @RTESunMisc]

Looking forward to being live in @glorennis Sunday, March 8 for the Ennis Book Club Festival. With writers Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha & more (programme will be broadcast in the coming weeks). More events: https://t.co/nkJ3MlDHxB

[Sunday Miscellany @RTESunMisc]

"I have successfully resisted many temptations in my time...but I could never fight successfully against the corrupting argument of Pancakes!" So wrote Land Leaguer Michael Davitt to artist Sarah Purser in 1888. Carla King tells the story of their friendship, next

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

@TedSmyth Thank you Ted!

[Catherine Phil MacCarthy @CPMacCarthy]

@poetryireland @PoetrySiobhan @RTESunMisc @TedSmyth

Intrigued to read ISSUE SIX of The Marrow with thanks to the editors!

'We carried them over black and white
concourse tiles in the Station.
Fifty fluffy, day-olds in a slatted crate...'

https://t.co/8EHiquqz7q

[gorse @gorse_journal]

We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website:
https://t.co/0nski7uEPH