The annual Poetry Day Ireland, an all-island celebration dedicated to reading, writing, and sharing poetry, organized by Poetry Ireland takes place on Thursday, 28 May 2026. It is a national, day-long event filled with poetry events across the country. This year’s theme is ‘Home’.
Flux Art Studios, Dublin 2 – 28 May (7.00 pm)
Home: Class, Belonging and the Politics of Place is a live Poetry Day Ireland 2026 event taking place at the Flux Art Studios D2 classroom workshop space.
Led by Elayne Adamczyk Harrington and Karl Parkinson, with guest poets Polina Cosgrave, Dave Lordan, The Vagabond Queen, and Joseph Cunningham, the event explores class, identity, and belonging through poetry performance and panel discussion.
This participatory event invites audiences into a shared space of poetry, dialogue, and reflection.
Free event – booking required
A Cork Dereliction Tour and Poetry Workshop (12-3 pm)
A free two-part event on Poetry Day Ireland 2026, from 12 to 3pm, exploring this year’s theme, ‘Home’, through the lens of creative activism. Led by Dr. Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry, founders of the #DerelictIreland movement, a group of max 12 participants will take a tour featuring a curated selection of the 700+ derelict homes identified by O’Connor and Sherry in Cork city.
Afterward, from 1.30 to 3.00pm, in the Thomas Davis Room, Cork City Library, a poetry workshop facilitated by award-winning poet Molly Twomey will invite participants to reflect on what they’ve witnessed and to write toward a creative vision of what could be.
Email derelictpoetrycork@gmail.com to sign up.
