Lime Square Poets Featuring: Dairena Ní Chinnéide

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Dairena Ní Chinnéide followed by Open Mic!

7:45pm - Sign up for Open Mic on Zoom chat

8:00pm - Dairena Ní Chinnéide reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Dairena Ní Chinnéide is a bilingual poet from Ireland. The most recent of her eleven published collections is Tairseach by Éabhlóid (2021) deleted  by Salmon Poetry (2019) was her first collection in English. Among her previous collections are Fé Gheasa : Spellbound, Arlen House, (2016), An Trodaí & Dánta Eile / The Warrior & Other Poems, Cló Iar Chonnacht, (2006), Cloithear Aistear Anama, Coiscéim, (2013), and  Labhraíonn Fungie / Fungie Speaks, Ponc Press (2015). She has received numerous awards for her writing including Irish Language Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland , Ealaín na Gaeltachta, Munster Literature Centre Covid Bursary and a Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship. She was Irish Language Writer-in-Residence for DCU (Dublin City University) 2017-2018. Currently she is Writer-in- Residence for the language and culture organization Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne in partnership with Ealaín na Gaeltachta. She has performed her poetry at festivals and literary events throughout Ireland, Europe and the United States of America. Dairena is a former broadcaster and journalist, television producer and interpreter.