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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Next SpeakEasy Open Mic with special guest @martinadalton.bsky.social is on Sept 11 at 8pm. Martina is a poet from Tramore, and her debut collection Midnight at the Salt Marsh was recently published by The Gallery Press. Music by Kieran Joy & and Open Mic.

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Dr. Eleanor Hooker FLS @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

It's a great honour to judge the inaugural Three Pillars Press Poetry Pamphlet Awards. Congratulations to poets Ger Duffy and @billyfenton.bsky.social on this great initiative. #Poetry www.facebook.com/share/v/1H8H...

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Breda Spaight @bredaspaight.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Best wishes to @billyfenton.bsky.social and Ger. So much poetry energy from Waterford at the moment. Good luck 👍

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Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Ger Duffy and Billy Fenton have started a new poetry press, focussing on publishing poetry pamphlets from new and emerging poets. Their first submission window will open from Jan-Feb 2026. The website is www.3pillarspress.com @3pillarspress #poetrypress #poetrypamphlets #poets

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Speak Your Truth in association with Poetry Ireland presents The Poetry Lounge, with readings from Molly Twomey, Caroline Bracken and Bernadette Gallagher. 🕰️ Sat 29th November 🗓️ 2-4pm ⛪ Waterford Gallery of Art, O’Connell Street, Waterford 🎟️Free 🔗More info on our site

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Speak Your Truth in association with Poetry Ireland presents a generative Poetry Workshop. Facilitated by Molly Twomey, Southword Debut Collection winner. 🕰️ Sat 29th November 🗓️ 10.30am-12.30pm ⛪ Waterford Gallery of Art 🎟️Admission: €25 🔗 Book via our website.

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Poetry By The Barrow: November Open Mic, presented in association with Poetry Ireland! With featured poets Jessamine O'Connor, Charlie Gracie and Martin Goldie, as we kiss goodbye to 2025. 📆Sun. 30th November 🕧12:30pm 📍Doyles cozy backroom, Graiguenamanagh, Kilkenny 🎫Free

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The Art of Surfacing, our e-book featuring work from the 14 emerging poets of this year's Introductions / Céadlínte series is now available to purchase! Purchase via www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G29TSB5R/ Artwork provided by Julie O'Gorman. 🌊

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

One of the many brilliant poets from Introductions / Céadlínte 2025 Jacob Ray-Halliday reading at the showcase with Dublin Book Festival. 🎤 Jacob’s poems, along with many others from our Introductions / Céadlínte poets will be available in an e-pub coming out later this week!

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

On Friday Oct 24 8pm, at Phil Grimes pub and venue in Waterford City, SpeakEasy will host Ireland Professor of Poetry Vona Groarke. Vona is shortlisted for the prestigious TS Eliot Prize. She will give a reading, and will also be in conversation with Waterford poet, @mollytwomey. @poetryireland

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Next SpeakEasy Waterford on Sept 26 with special guest, debut novelist Orla Mackey. Open Mic and music as well.

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Ola Majekodunmi @olamajekodunmi.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

We're very excited to announce this— Off The Scéal is a brand new Multilingual Open-Mic night created and hosted by the amazing @danflynn94.bsky.social and myself 😍 Come on down to the DLR Lexicon Studio and join us for a night of poetry and song —

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The 2025 Introductions | Céadlínte programme is underway! We’re delighted to welcome this new cohort of poets and hope that Introductions will provide them with many new creative opportunities as they launch their promising writing careers. Visit to our website to learn more!

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

So delighted to be selected for @poetryireland.bsky.social Introductions 2025, and really looking forward to it. Congratulations to all those selected. Thanks to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for selecting me.

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Delighted to have a poem in the latest edition of the unique Abridged journal - Lilith edition, alongside a very stiking image from Kseniia Antipina @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social Thanks so much to the editors.

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Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

We're pleased to present Abridged 0 - 105: Lilith. We hope you like it. We do. www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... Image by Kseniia Antipina. See you in Belfast at the Golden Thread Gallery tomorrow night! @goldenthreadni.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #poetry

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Waterford City - Next SpeakEasy Open Mic with some very special guests this Friday. Come along and read, or to listen.

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Tickets are now available for CIPF-2025 Jane Clarke and Pádraig Ó Tuama at Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland. www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/ire...

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

May 23, SpeakEasy Open MIc, Waterford with guest poet Mícheál McCann. Mícheál is from Derry City. His poems have been published in The Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review and Banshee.He holds a PhD from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s. Devotion is his first collection, from Gallery Press.

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The Four Faced Liar @the4facedliar.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Hello everyone! We’re excited to announce that submissions for this year’s issue will be opening soon! Each category will be reviewed by a special guest judge (announced next week). Send us your best—we can’t wait to read what you’ve been working on!

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Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Submission Call open now! Don't be tardy!

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patrickhen.bsky.social @patrickhen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Tomorrow is May Day. We remember the fight against Fascism. 5pm at the Spanish Civil War Memorial. #NoPasaran

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Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Looking forward to celebrating Poetry Day Ireland with these wonderful poets in The Book Centre Waterford Thursday 1st May 📖📚 It would be lovely to see you there! ❤️💫✨ #PoetryDayIRL @poetryireland.bsky.social

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Arlen House @arlenhouse.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Celebrating Arlen House at 50 Luke Morgan's *Blood Atlas* Winner of 2025 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry 1st launch 2 May: Strokestown Poetry Festival at 8.30pm (Plus 23 May at Charlie Byrne's, Galway & 1 June at Books Upstairs, Dublin) BUY kennys.ie/shop/blood-a...

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Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Our Umbra Sumus Submission Call is now open! Poetry and/or Art required!

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Subterranean Sounds @subtsounds.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Folks, this is NOT TO BE MISSED! Our friend Harry at Luca Records is putting on this legendary gig in Waterford. 🤘🤘

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Jamie O'Halloran @jamieohalloran108.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The good news I couldn’t share, but now I can.

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Delighted to have a new poem in Crannóg 62, which was launched last Friday in Galway. Packed with lots of great writing. Thanks to the editors for including me.

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Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Wonderful launch of Crannóg on Friday night in The Crane Bar, Galway 📖🎶 Thrilled to have a poem included in such a beautiful issue. Cover illustration by Blake McGrane-Corrigan 💫✨

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Last night at SpeakEasy Open MIc in Waterford - Special Guest @hollowaywriter.bsky.social reading from his beautiful debut novel 'The Language of Remembering'; fab music by Stella & The Dreaming; and a diverse range of readings by a group of local writers.

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Breda Spaight @bredaspaight.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

There's your evening of the 21st sorted!

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

OPEN MIC this Friday in Waterford. Bring some poetry or a short peice of prose to read, or just come along and listen.

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Next SpeakEasy Open Mic in Waterford, @hollowaywriter.bsky.social will read from his debut novel 'The Language of Remembering'. @epoquepress.bsky.social

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Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new competition starting on March 1st : the Southword Creative Non-Fiction Award - munsterlit.ie/southword-cr...

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

First SpeakEasy Open Mic last night in Waterford with a very moving set of readings by our special guest @eleanorhooker.bsky.social.

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Linda McKenna @lindamckenna.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If you are around Waterford next weekend come along and listen to @milenawilliamson.bsky.social , Emma McKervey and me reading from our new collections. With thanks to Ger Duffy.

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hollowaywriter.bsky.social @hollowaywriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m so excited to be introduced by the incredible Danielle McLaughlin for the launch of my novel, The Language of Remembering at Waterstones, Cork! @waterstones.bsky.social Hope to see you all there!

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

First SpeakEasy Open Mic of 2025 has Eleanor Hooker as special guest. Bring along something to read and there’ll be some great music as well. @eleanorhooker.bsky.social

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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The next meet-up of the West Waterford Poets - Monday 17 Feb at 7:30pm. This month's writing prompt: 'doors'. New members - of all abilities - always welcome! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet

Event poster for West Waterford Poetry meet-up - third Monday of every month at 7:30pm in Tudor House, St Mary Street, Dungarvan.

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Solstice sunrise at Knockroe passage tomb and later at Ahenny high crosses. Best wishes to all for the year ahead🙏

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Subterranean Sounds @subtsounds.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

www.eventbrite.ie/o/subterrane... Christmas gift sorted for your music loving friends or yourself. Please repost

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Maeve O'Sullivan @maevedos.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

#1/2: I'm delighted to report that the sales of my new collection, 'Where All Ladders Start' (Alba), launched last month, have now covered all the printing & launch costs. This means that, from now on, our charity partner @unicefireland.bsky.social will get 20% of all sales / €3 per copy - yay!

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