Moya Cannon

Moya Cannon is an Irish poet, born in Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal and now living in Dublin. Her Collected Poems was published in 2021 by Carcanet Press, Manchester. She has been a recipient of the Brendan Behan Award and the O’Shaughnessy Award, was 2011 Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Villanova, and is a member of Áosdána. Selections of her poetry have been published in Spanish, German and Portuguese.

In her poems, history, archaeology, geology and prehistoric art serve as entry-points to an exploration of our relationship with our endangered natural world and with our past. She has a deep interest in music, particularly Irish traditional music, and often gives readings with musicians. During her residency in Paris in May, 2024, she hopes to complete a seventh collection, entitled ‘Bunting’s Honey’.