24 February 2025, 1-2pm, UCO 31
Dr Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, University College Cork
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is a poet from Ireland who writes exclusively in the Irish language. A bilingual collection, The Coast Road, was published by the Gallery Press in 2016 with English translations by thirteen poets. Her own translations from the French of Andrée Chedid were published in 2019. Among the awards her work has garnered are the Michael Hartnett Award and the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Prize, as well as bursaries from the Arts Council. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern Irish at University College Cork, and enjoys collaborating with musicians, dancers and artists.