Poet, writer, and co-editor of Skylight 47 magazine. Technical documentation enthusiast in real life. A Kerrywoman who can't seem to leave Galway.
Galway, Ireland
Joined September 2011
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Hi all, just one more day to go until our submission window for Issue 21 closes. Send us your art and poetry by midnight (Irish time) tomorrow, Wednesday 15th October. You can find our submission guidelines here: skylight47poetry.wordpress.c…
Looking forward to this reading tonight at 7.45 and sharing a few poems with the great people of @LimeSquarePoets.
Join us tonight, Sept 11th, from 7:45pm for a reading from @RuthQuinlan followed by open mic. Our events are free; all are welcome!
More @ limesquarepoets.com/event-de…
@LimerickArts #ArtsCouncilSupported @artscouncil_ie @LimerickWriters @corkarts @poetryireland @Skylight47Poems
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See you all at 4.30 this afternoon for poetry readings and the open mic in the Hall of the Red Earl, Galway to celebrate #heritageweek2025
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A lovely line-up of poets at our next online launch - all having a recent collection reviewed in Issue 20. Poetry contributors will also read their selected poems from the current issue. Please join us on Zoom next Friday 25th at 7PM. We'll share the link very soon!
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Celebrating Arlen House at 50
@VikaMelkovska's poem from *Washing Windows V* is the poem of the week in @guardian newspaper.
Many thanks to Carol Rumens.
BUY: Blackwells (free international postage) Blackwells.co.uk 9781851325559
Looking forward to being interviewed tomorrow with my fellow editor, Bernie Crawford, about Skylight 47 and reading some of our own poems. From 3.30PM in Dundalk Library. Some great poets reading before and after us at this event!
We are delighted to join Dundalk poets on Saturday 7th June for their Tribe & Fire: Poetry Day. Editors Bernie Crawford and Ruth Quinlan will be interviewed about Skylight 47 and read some of their own work. 3:30PM in Dundalk Library. See you there! tinyurl.com/3jrhw2ay
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You are warmly invited to the Arlen House 50th birthday launches
Galway, Friday 16 May, 6pm
*Washing Windows V: Women Revolutionise Irish Poetry 1975-2025*
& *Menagerie* @NualaNiC
Charlie Byrne's Bookshop @ByrnesBooks
ALL WELCOME
Looking forward to seeing this mighty anthology launch tomorrow at @Strokestownpoem. Delighted to have a poem in the mix. Huge thanks due to @ArlenHouse and @NualaNiC.
Washing Windows V: Women Revolutionise Irish Poetry 1975-2025
Over 300 new poems from contemporary Irish women writers
Looking big & beautiful in @BooksUpstairs
(on sale from Sunday)
1st launch: Saturday 3 May at 2.15 at Strokestown Poetry Fest @Strokestownpoem @strokestownpark
Ruth Quinlan retweeted
Looking forward to hearing our editor, @dorseifer, read this week for Lime Square Poets!
Join us on Thursday, Mar 20th, from 7:45pm for a reading from D'or Seifer @dorseifer followed by open mic. Our events are free; all are welcome!
More @ limesquarepoets.com/event-de…
@LimerickArts #ArtsCouncilSupported @artscouncil_ie
@LimerickWriters @corkarts @poetryireland
Ruth Quinlan retweeted
This week is the last week for submissions to appear in Issue 20. Lots of great work already sent in so make sure you don't miss the deadline. Please send us your submissions before midnight (Irish time) on Friday 28th February. Submission guidelines here: skylight47poetry.wordpress.c…
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If you're looking for a present for the poetry lover in your life, or indeed, yourself, why not take a look at the digital or printed copy of our latest issue - Issue 19? Spend some quality time with some great poems over Christmas ... tinyurl.com/2ubszzhu
Lovely launch this evening of Issue 2 of @RagaireMagazine in the @portershed. Congrats to the editors and all the readers!
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Just look at all the great poets lined up to read from their most recent collections this coming Friday! Quite a few of our contributors will be joining to read their lovely poems as well. Join us at 7PM online at us02web.zoom.us/j/8361780957… for the online launch of Issue 19!
I am finding today's news feeds from the US incredibly depressing so I'm sharing some positive news instead. Online launch for Issue 19 of Skylight 47 coming up next Friday. Please join us and let's drown our sorrows in poetry.
After the lovely evening we had for the live launch in #galway for Issue 19, we decided to do it all again online! And, we have a great line of poets reading from their reviewed collections in the issue. Please join us on Zoom, Friday 15th Nov at 7PM. us02web.zoom.us/j/8361780957…
Ruth Quinlan retweeted
We are delighted to release the launch details for Issue 19! Hosted by Susan Millar DuMars and featuring a reading by poet Michael Dooley, it will be a great evening of poetry again in #Galway. See you in the library on 24th October at 6PM!
Ruth Quinlan retweeted
See you this evening at 6! Can't wait.
Did you know that @GalwayCTrust is celebrating 30 years this #heritageweek2024? A whole day of events is scheduled to mark it. And we have been invited too! Join us for poetry readings and an open mic on Friday in the @mlallytheatre. Book your seat here: tinyurl.com/495adufw
Ruth Quinlan retweeted
Did you know that @GalwayCTrust is celebrating 30 years this #heritageweek2024? A whole day of events is scheduled to mark it. And we have been invited too! Join us for poetry readings and an open mic on Friday in the @mlallytheatre. Book your seat here: tinyurl.com/495adufw
Ruth Quinlan retweeted
#HeritageWeek2024 is starting this weekend and we are delighted to have been invited back by @GalwayCTrust to host another poetry evening - and what a fabulous line-up we have for you! Join us for some great poetry readings and an open mic at 6PM on 23rd August in @DruidTheatre.
Ruth Quinlan retweeted
Today is the last day for submissions for Issue 19. Submissions close at midnight tonight, Sunday June 30th. For guidelines, see: tinyurl.com/ycxzdrjd.
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Washing Windows IV: Irish Women Write Poetry
What an extraordinary evening in Belfast with 30 diverse voices reading. Such power, so moving and exhilarating.
The largest launch ever held in the @IrishSecretari1
@dfatirl @ArtsCouncilNI @ForasnaGaeilge @ACNIWriting @helenajuly
