Mary O'Malley & Open Mic

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Mary O'Malley followed by Open Mic!

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

8:00pm - Mary O'Malley reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Mary O’Malley was born in Connemara,  and educated at University College Galway. She lived in Lisbon for eight years and taught at the Universidade Nova there. She served several years on the council of Poetry Ireland and was on the Committee of the Cuirt International Poetry Festival for eight years. She was the author of its educational programme.

She taught on the MA programmes for Writing and Education in the Arts at the University of Galway for many years,  held the Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University in 2013, and has held Residencies in Paris, Tarragona, New York, and Trinity College, as well as in Derry, Belfast and Mayo.

She has also worked on poetry translation from Irish, Spanish and Catalan.

She has been active in Environmental education for over twenty years with a specific interest in the Sea and Bogland, working with a team of marine scientists and musicians. In the early 1990’s, she co-organised a Province wide schools programme, arising out of her work on the organising committee of an international Conference on demilitarisation of the Ocean, held in NUIG.

She is a member of Aosdana and has won a number of awards for her poetry, in Ireland, the U.S. and Spain. She writes for RTE Radio and broadcasts her work regularly.  She lectures and teaches widely, in the U.S. and Europe,  particularly in Paris and in various parts of Spain.  She has been Writer in Association with the RHA Gallery in Dublin, and was the 2019 Writer Fellow in Trinity College Dublin. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Galway University in 2021.

She has published nine books of poetry, including ‘Valparaiso’ arising out of her Residency on the national marine research ship.  Her latest Collection, The Shark Nursery, has just been published by Carcanet.

We are grateful for the support of The Arts Council and Limerick City & County Council.

Zoom closed-captions will be made available for this event.

Participation is limited to the first 100 guests to join.