Poetry Trio; Zafar Kunial, Cathy Galvin and Karen J McDonnell
Date: Thursday 28th May 2026
Venue: St John’s Theatre & Arts Centre
Time: 6 PM
Coast to Coast
Join poets Zaffar Kunial, Cathy Galvin, and Karen J. Mc Donnell for an inspiring hour of readings, conversation, and reflection on the craft of poetry. UK based Zaffar Kunial will share selections from his acclaimed collection England’s Green, a richly textured book shortlisted for the T.?S. Eliot Prize.
Cathy Galvin will present work from her first full?length poetry collection Ethnology: a love song for Connemara, which blends lyricism with landscape, myth, and personal history from her roots in Connemara. She is the recipient of a Hawthornden Fellowship.
Tidal is the second poetry collection by west of Ireland poet Karen J McDonnell. Her poems explore the roles we impose on memory and history: what we commemorate, what we choose to remember and how age affects viewpoints.