About Salmon Poetry
Salmon Poetry was established in 1981 with the publication of The Salmon, a journal of poetry and prose, as an alternative voice in Irish literature. Since then over 300 volumes of poetry have been produced, and Salmon has become one of the most important publishers in the Irish literary world.
Salmon's catalogue includes initial works by Irish poets Rita Ann Higgins, Theo Dorgan, Moya Cannon, Mary O'Donnell, Eamonn Wall, Mary O'Malley, Eva Bourke, Kevin Higgins, Dave Lordan, Janice Fitzpatrick-Simmons and Gerard Donovan. Salmon has also published a range of international poets including Adrienne Rich, Ray Bradbury, Marvin Bell, Richard Tillinghast, Carol Ann Duffy, R.T. Smith, Linda McCarriston, Allan Peterson, Ron Houchin, Andrea Cohen, Philip Fried and Ben Howard. Salmon’s anthologies include In the Chair: Poets from the North of Ireland, ed. John Brown and The White Page: 20th Century Irish Women Poets, ed. Joan McBreen.
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Salmon Poetry
Knockeven
Cliffs of Moher
County Clare
Republic of Ireland


