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Irish Poetry Reading Archive: Poetry Readings S-Z

The voice of Irish poetry

Scully, Maurice

View readings in YouTube

Maurice Scully reads 'For Treated Piano' [View]

Shanks, Michael Naghten

Sirr, Peter

 Peter Sirr reads his poem 'Peter Street' [View]

 

Manuscript of Peter Sirr's poem 'Peter Street' [View]

Peter Sirr returned in 2017 to read eight more of his poems for the Archive.

Smith, Stephen James

"Dublin You Are", read by Stephen James Smith [View

"From Haiku", read by Stephen James Smith [View

"Nine Nine Lines", read by Stephen James Smith [View]

"The Gardener", read by Stephen James Smith [View

"We Must Create", read by Stephen James Smith [View

Smyth, Gerard

View all of Gerry Smyth's readings in YouTube.

Gerard Smyth reads his poem 'House on Usher's Island' [View]

 

Manuscript of Gerard Smyth's poem 'House on Usher's Island' [View]

 

Gerard Smyth reads his poem 'Islandbridge' [View]

 

Manuscript of Gerard Smyth's poem 'Islandbridge' [View]

Svodoba, Terese

Bridge, Mother, read by Terese Svodoba [View]

Countess Lethargy, read by Terese Svodoba [View] 

Laughing Africa, read by Terese Svodoba [View] 

My Mature Style, read by Terese Svodoba [View] 

Pietà, read by Terese Svodoba [View]

Pink, read by Terese Svodoba [View]

Seasoned, read by Terese Svodoba [View] 

Your Awful Wedded Husband, read by Terese Svodoba [View] 

Tannam, Anne

Anne Tannam reads her eight poems on YouTube.

Anne Tannam reads her poem That First Year [View]

Thompson, Betty

 Betty Thompson reads her poem 'Elegy for Donal McCann' [View]

 

Manuscript of Betty Thompson's poem 'Elegy for Donal McCann' [View]

Toldy, Csilla

 

"Fire Bird", read by Csilla Toldy [View]
"Mirror", read by Csilla Toldy [View]
"The Cellist", read by Csilla Toldy [View]
"The Sewing Machine", read by Csilla Toldy [View]
"Breath", read by Csilla Toldy [View]
"Meta-strategies", read by Csilla Toldy [View]
"Orpheus", read by Csilla Toldy [View]
"The Surrealist", read by Csilla Toldy [View]

Traynor, Jessica

 Jessica Traynor reads her poem 'Liffey Swim' [View]

 

Draft typescript with annotations of Jessica Traynor's poem 'Liffey Swim' [View]

 

Manuscript of Jessica Traynor's poem 'Liffey Swim' [View]

Wallace, Maria

Maria Wallace reads ten of her poems in YouTube.

Walsh, Catherine

Excerpt from Idir Eatortha, read by Catherine Walsh [View]

Short Stories (Excerpt 1), read by Catherine Walsh [View]

Short Stories (Excerpt 2), read by Catherine Walsh [View]

The Beautiful Untogether (Excerpt 1), read by Catherine Walsh [View]

The Beautiful Untogether (Excerpt 2), read by Catherine Walsh [View]

Wethered, Christian

Self-recorded
"Luthier" read by Christian Wethered [View]
"New Years " read by Christian Wethered [View]
"Pink Lady" read by Christian Wethered [View]
"Present" read by Christian Wethered [View]

Special Collections Reading Room recordings
"Call", read by Christian Wethered. [View
"Cocoon", read by Christian Wethered. [View
"Dublin", read by Christian Wethered. [View
"Silence", read by Christian Wethered. [View


 

Whelan, Michael J.

Wilentz, Grace

Grace Wilentz reads four of her poems for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive.

Woods, Macdara

Woods, Joseph

Joseph Woods reads eight of his poems on YouTube.

Wyley, Enda

Enda Wyley reads her eight poems on YouTube

Woods, Vincent

"After the American Wake", read by Vincent Woods [View]

"Bruce Chatwin", read by Vincent Woods [View] 

"Departure", read by Vincent Woods [View] 

"McKenna's Tunes", read by Vincent Woods [View]

"Soul [and] Anam", read by Vincent Woods [View]

"The Meaning of a Word", read by Vincent Woods [View]

"The Road West", read by Vincent Woods [View]

"What's in a Name [and] Seam", read by Vincent Woods [View]