Born in Drogheda, Catherine Ann Cullen is a multiple award-winning poet, children’s writer, songwriter and singer. From September 2022 until February 2025 she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Dublin, researching the lost street poets and tenement balladeers of 19th century Dublin. She was also the inaugural Poet in Residence at Poetry Ireland from October 2019 to December 2021.
Catherine Ann’s poems, songs, journal articles and radio essays have been widely anthologised and broadcast. She has worked as a writer in residence, workshop facilitator and visiting author in pre-schools to third level colleges and in outreach education with prisoners, women’s groups, third age groups and many others in Ireland and elsewhere. She was previously a library assistant, a producer with RTÉ Radio, and a lecturer in journalism.
Whether it’s a tender song, a lively tune, a reflective poem this is a night for voices to be heard and stories to be told, or simply come along and enjoy the atmosphere. Fear A’ Tí, Tom Finn, will also welcome contributions from the floor in the form of songs, tunes or spoken word.
Admission: €5. Doors open from 7pm.
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