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The Gallery Press is an independent Irish publishing company. Publishers of Irish poetry, drama and www.gallerypress.com

Publishers of Irish poetry, drama and prose by contemporary Irish writers.

30/12/2025

An excerpt from 'A Harvest' by Tom French from his recent collection, The Convent of Mercy (2025)

29/12/2025

'In Other Words' by Alvy Carragher from her 2024 collection, What Remains the Same.

28/12/2025

Get your year off to a great start with Museum of Literature Ireland free First Fridays event on 2 January 2026.

Free entry from 6pm - 9pm with the launch at 6.30pm of Coercive Confinement, a new digital exhibition exploring creative work emerging from institutions of coercive confinement, curated by Dr James Little followed by a Poetry Reading by Annemarie Ní Churreáin from her new collection, Hymn to All the Restless Girls at 8pm.

27/12/2025

An excerpt from Alan Gillis's 'The Commute' from his recent collection, Over Here (2025)

26/12/2025

Whether you couldn't attend or hope to relive the magic of the event A Celebration of Derek Mahon is now available to view on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8yeiuZ9ko

A Celebration of Derek Mahon, a Gallery Press event in association with University of Notre Dame and RTÉ Radio 1, took place in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin on 4 November 2025.

The program was devised by Peter Fallon with readings by John Banville, Katie Mahon, Paul Muldoon, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Stephen Rea and Peter Fallon.

With special thanks to Eimear Clowry Delaney and Clíodhna Ní Anluain

26/12/2025

Happy St Stephen's Day.

An excerpt from 'Christmas in Kinsale' by Derek Mahon from The Poems: 1961-2020 (2021).

25/12/2025

'A Birth in Winter' by Peter Sirr from The Swerve (2023) for today, Christmas Day 2025.

Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas and Happy New Year.

25/12/2025

Take a moment to pause today and switch on RTÉ Radio 1 for their Poetry People Christmas Special at 1.15pm with poems read by Frank McGuinness, Vona Groarke and Kevin Graham among others.

Wishing you all the very best for the festive season.

24/12/2025

Listen in to RTE Radio One at 6pm on Saint Stephen's Day to hear a recording from A Celebration of Derek Mahon - a Gallery Press event held in the Royal Irish Academy of Music in associaiton with University of Notre Dame and RTÉ Radio 1.

Including readings by
John Banville
Paul Muldoon
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Stephen Rea
Katie Mahon
and Peter Fallon who reads from his forthcoming memoir, The Kitchen Sink.

24/12/2025

Take a moment out of the day's busyness and have a read of 'Buncrana, Christmas Eve', Frank McGuinness's recent poetry collection, The River Crana (2025).

23/12/2025

Switch on RTÉ Radio 1 while you're cooking the Christmas dinner on Thursday and enjoy the Poetry People Christmas Special with poems read by Frank McGuinness, Vona Groarke and Kevin Graham among others.

Merry Christmas.

23/12/2025

Julian Girdham's, The Fortnightly Non-Fiction of the Year:
. . books of poetry by Irish writers.

Molly Twomey’s Chic to be Sad builds on the promise of her first collection, Raised Among Vultures.

Further in her career and life is Audrey Molloy, whose third collection, Fallen, is excellent.

Read Julian's full selection on Substack: https://juliangirdham.substack.com/p/197-books-of-2025

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