The Gallery Press launches four new collections of Irish poetry at Notre Dame Dublin
On Thursday, 7 May 2026, University of Notre Dame Dublin welcomed guests to O’Connell House on Merrion Square for the launch of four new poetry collections published by The Gallery Press, widely regarded as Ireland’s leading publisher of contemporary poetry and drama.
collection Midnight at the Saltmarsh.
The evening celebrated new work by Eamon Grennan, Stephen de Búrca, Martina Dalton, and Mícheál McCann, bringing together poets, readers, academics, and members of Dublin’s literary community for readings and conversation to celebrate the spring 2026 Gallery Press titles launch.
Guests heard from Stephen de Búrca, Martina Dalton, and Mícheál McCann as they shared their new work. The three poets also read from Eamon Grennan's final collection of poems That’s It, a work marked by meditations on memory, language, sorrow, and enduring attention to the natural world.
Martina Dalton read from Midnight at the Saltmarsh, a debut collection exploring grief, family, solitude, and healing through carefully observed imagery and restrained lyricism.
Mícheál McCann shared poems from Lives of the Saints, a vibrant and emotionally layered collection that reimagines spiritual and biographical narratives within contemporary experiences of identity, family, and belonging.
Stephen de Búrca read work from Atlantic Fret, another debut collection, shaped by the Atlantic landscape, climate consciousness, and questions of personal freedom and transformation.
Throughout the evening, attendees enjoyed poetry that moved between the intimate and the expansive, from family memory and personal loss to ecology, mythology, and spiritual inheritance. The event also highlighted the continued importance of independent publishing and Ireland’s rich contemporary literary culture.
Notre Dame Dublin was honored to host this celebration of new Irish writing in partnership with The Gallery Press and to welcome four distinctive poetic voices whose work continues to shape and expand the landscape of contemporary poetry.