Molly Twomey
Molly Twomey’s Raised Among Vultures brilliantly negotiates the frontlines of young adulthood — eating disorders, relationships with partners and parents — with a compelling and often disquieting tone, memorable imagery, and a sharp eye for patterning, both poetic and familial. An unapologetic voice carries the reader through poem after poem, and into the world of risk, vulnerability and youth that it recreates fearlessly.’
— Judges’ comments, Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize
Molly Twomey grew up in Lismore, County Waterford, and graduated in 2019 with an MA in Creative Writing from University College Cork. Her first collection, Raised Among Vultures, was published in 2022 by The Gallery Press. It won the Southword Debut Collection Poetry Award and was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for a First Collection and the Farmgate National Poetry Award. Her second collection, Chic To Be Sad, was published in July 2025.
Her work has appeared in Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, The Irish Times, Mslexia, The Stinging Fly and elsewhere. In 2021, she was chosen for Poetry Ireland’s Introductions series as well as their International Residency Scheme. An awardee of an Arts Council Literature Bursary, Molly Twomey was also the recipient of the 2023 Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary.
Molly Twomey titles
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Chic To Be Sad
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Raised Among Vultures
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Chic To Be Sad
Chic to be Sad continues a young woman’s report from the front lines of experience.
Brave in its honesty and directness, Chic to be Sad confirms a special gift and presence in Irish poetry before reaching its wise conclusion: ‘There is so much to know, / so much I want you to hear.’