Cursed Murphy versus Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Our guest: Donegal-born poet, writer and educator Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Annemarie’s first book Bloodroot, published by Doire Press in 2017, was shortlisted for the Shine Strong Award for best first collection in Ireland and for the 2018 Julie Suk Award in the US. She's the recipient of numerous literary fellowships, including a residency at the Jack Kerouac House, Orlando. In 2016 she was the recipient of a Next Generation Artists Award from the Arts Council of Ireland. The following year she was appointed to the Writers In Prisons panel co-funded by the Arts Council and the Department of Justice, Equality and Reform. She is currently Writer in Residence at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Of her work, Dr. Sinéad Kennedy of the Department of English in Maynooth has written: “Ní Churreáin bears witness to the lived experiences of women, including those Irish women who for too long have been overlooked and silenced; women like Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, and the many nameless, disregarded women who lived lives of imprisonment within Irish Institutions.”

This episode was produced with the support of Wexford Arts Department, Wexford County Council and Wexford Public Library, and was recorded in front of a live audience by Dan Comerford. Pic: Michael Duggan.