Seo agallamh a rinne Laureate nua na nÓg Áine Ní Ghlinn don chlár Aon Scéal ar Phoenix FM i mBÁC,  mí Bealtaine 2020. Bainigí sult as!

Katie Anna Porter is a transition year student at Portumna Community School. She took part in a #WeAreThePoets intergenerational project during the Shorelines Arts Festival 2019.  Katie Anna participated in a poetry workshop led by poet Colm Keegan and arts facilitator Bernadette Larkin. You can watch highlights of #WeAreThePoets Portumna here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylpP5mVtX9E

Janet is a student at Merlin College in Galway, she took part in #WeAreThePoets workshops with poet Luke Morgan as part of Galway 2020. She also performed her work at a live poetry showcase that was featured on Nuacht TG4 in February 2020. Young people from across Galway participated in Sarah Crossan's Laureate project as a result of our partnership with the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board, Poetry Ireland and Galway 2020. 

As part of Sarah Crossan's #WeAreThePoets project, children from the Curragh Family Resource Centre after-school club  participated in a nature walk on Pollardstown Fen in Co Kildare. This was followed by a series of workshops with Poet Nell Regan and illustrator Gráinne Bath Enright. The children wrote a beautiful nature poem celebrating the unique landscape, and they curated a pop-up nature exhibition to coincide with a public performance of The Song of Pollardstown Fen at Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge.  Laureate na nÓg thanks Riverbank for coming up with idea, and the staff, children and parents of the Curragh Family Resource Centre for their participation in this very special project.  Finally, well done to Niamh for reading the poem so beautifully!

Fifteen year-old Julie Hoodswain is a poet from Galway who took part in a series of workshops with poet Elaine Feeney in a #WEARETHEPOETS collaboration between Laureate na nÓg and the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). The Robot came about because Julie 'wanted to write something about space.'

Ellen has been writing poetry for around two years and is a member of Kilkenny's Rhyme Rag Ensemble. She took part in #WEARETHEPOETS at Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019 in a collaboration between Kilkenny Arts Office and Laureate na nÓg that included a performance masterclass with performance poet John Cummins and a live poetry showcase at Kilkenny Castle. Ellen says she finds poetry "interesting, relaxing, and cathartic".

Shíofra took part in an intergenerational We Are The Poets project during the Shorelines Arts Festival 2019. She is a transition year student at Portumna Community  School. Priceless Pearls was written during a workshop with poet Colm Keegan. Watch a video of the project in under a minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylpP5mVtX9E

Aaron O'Dea is a 17 year-old poet from Kilkenny, and a member of the Rhyme Rag Ensemble. He participated in a masterclass with performance poet John Cummins in preparation for the We Are The Poets showcase at Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019, which took place at Kilkenny Castle in a collaboration between Laureate na nÓg and Kilkenny Arts Office. In April 2020, Aaron received one-to-one mentoring with poet Colm Keegan as part of WE ARE THE POETS ONLINE in response to social distancing protocols during the Covid-19 crisis.

Sadhbh is a young poet from Craughwell in Galway. She writes in Irish and English. Her poem "Oidhreacht" is about the vital role the Irish language plays in preserving our stories and culture. Sadhbh attended a WE ARE THE POETS workshop with Irish language poet Jackie Mac Donncha in a partnership between Laureate na nÓg, the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board, and Poetry Ireland as part of Galway 2020. In April 2020, she received one-to-one mentoring with writer Sarah Maria Griffin as part of WE ARE THE POETS ONLINE in response to social distancing protocols during the Covid-19 crisis.

Emilie Gallagher is 16 years-old. She participated in a series of WE ARE THE POETS workshops with poet Elaine Feeney during a collaboration between Laureate na nÓg and the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board as part of Galway 2020.