ink-stained wings

Róisín Leggett Bohan

Róisín Leggett Bohan is a Cork-based poet and prose writer. In 2025, she won both the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award and the Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Prize. Her debut chapbook, We Fall We Carry, launches at the Cork International Poetry Festival in May 2026.

Róisín’s work has been widely recognised by the London Magazine Poetry Prize, the Alpine Poetry Fellowship, and the National Poetry Competition. Her writing has been showcased nationwide for Poetry Day Ireland and featured on RTÉ Radio 1. In 2026, she is the featured poet in The Stinging Fly summer issue. Her award-winning prose and poetry have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, The Manchester Review, Banshee, Southword, Magma, and the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Anthology.

Róisín is the co-founder and editor of HOWL New Irish Writing and holds an MA (Hons) in Creative Writing from University College Cork. She was awarded an Arts Council Literature Bursary, Cork City Artist Bursaries, and a placement at the Seamus Heaney Poetry School, Belfast. Her work often explores the theme of loss and the courage that lies within vulnerability. Her background in film and experiences as a nurse help frame her writing practice. When she is not writing, she might be seen holding a dog lead, a paintbrush, or a fine cup of coffee.