We Fall, We Carry by Róisín Leggett Bohan Cork, Ireland. I’m buoyed with joy to be the joint first-place winner for my manuscript, ‘We Fall, We Carry‘. My chapbook will be published next year and launched at my favourite festival, the Cork International Poetry Festival. Huge gratitude to the adjudicators for selecting my collection and to theContinue reading “Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition”
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The Echo
Huge thanks to Jennifer Horgan for hosting this interview. We chatted about Patrick Kavanagh, the shape of words, and the supportive writing community of Cork.
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
It’s very lovely to be shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award again. Sweetest thanks to the judges.
Waterford Poetry Prize 2025
Thrilled to have been placed third by adjudicator Jessica Traynor for the Waterford Poetry Prize. Thank you to Margaret Organ, Arts Officer of Waterford City and County Council.
Books Ireland 2025
Thank you to Ruth McKee from Books Ireland for this discussion on all things bookish.
The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025
What an honour to be the recipient of The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025. This year’s adjudicator was acclaimed poet Victoria Kennefick who described Róisín’s winning collection ‘We Fall, We Carry ‘ as “poems of sometimes devastating vulnerability, humour and considerable skill with an intelligent point-of-view that is all Leggett Bohan’s own “. A very worthyContinue reading “The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025”
RTE Radio 1
So lovely to have my poem featured on RTE Radio 1 in conjunction with a Culture Night commemorative compilation heralding the late and brilliant Seán Rocks. Huge gratitude to Belinda McKeon for curating this thoughtful programme and for selecting ’13 Ways of Looking at Ghosts’.
RTE Radio 1
I’m so honoured to have my poem chosen from 900 entries for The Prompt series curated by Zoë Comyns. Huge gratitude to Belinda McKeon for selecting my poem ‘Pair’.
The Manchester Review
Thrilled to have three poems published in Issue 27. Huge thanks to the editors.
National Mentoring Programme Award 2025
Huge thanks to the Irish Writers Centre and the Arts Council of Ireland for their support as I finely tune my debut collection with the guidance of a trusted mentor.
ink-stained wings 