6th All-Ireland Poetry Slam

6th All Ireland Poetry Slam Championships

(Videos)

Winner: Seán Dennehy (Leinster)

30 November 2012

The sixth All-Ireland Poetry Slam Champion is Leinster poet Seán Dennehy. Congratulations! Second place went to Fergus Costello (Munster) and in third place was Peter Francis Fahy (Ulster). Thank you to all the organisers, to the judges Matthew Sweeney, Afric McGlinchey, Madeleine D’Arcy, Padraig Trehy and Conal Creedon. And to all who helped secure the prize monies, including generous donations from the Munster Literature Centre, Kevin Swords, Jessie Lendennie and Mary O’Connell.

A fantastic night of poetry, with 150 enthusiasts in the house, three nail-biting rounds of slam ending in a photo-finish between Fergus Costello’s 118 points (out of a possible 150) to Seán Dennehy’s 119. And all this followed by an excellent reading from Billy Ramsell and a vibrant open-mic run by Rab Urquhart. The videos follow beneath.

A special thanks to Stephen O’Riordan for all the excellent filming, and photos from the night which you can see on our facebook page here.

Seán Dennehy crowned as the 2012 Champion

2012 Competitors:

Connacht – Lisa Allen & Miceál Kearney
Leinster – John Cummins & Seán Dennehy
Ulster – Mel Bradley & Peter Francis Fahy
Munster – Cathal Holden & Fergus Costello

Previous All-Ireland Slam Champions:

2007: Ulster: McHugh’s pub Belfast – Brendan Murphy (Connacht)
2008: Munster: White House pub Limerick – Dónal Ó Siodhacháin (Munster)
2009: Connacht: Crane bar Galway – Seamus Fox (Ulster)
2010: Leinster: International bar Dublin – Colm Keegan (Leinster)
2011: Ulster: Sandino’s bar Derry – Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin (Connacht)

Videos of the Evening

Round 1

Cathal Holden (Munster)

Punk Poetry