Daragh Byrne is an Irish poet living on Gadigal land, Sydney. His poems have appeared in Poetry Wales, Poetry Birmingham, Banshee, Southword and Cyphers, among others, and his manuscript The News has been Highly Commended in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award three years running.
He is a founding editor of The Marrow, a journal of international poetry. More about Daragh.
Recent
Publication
I Was There When My Father Died
The Aftershock ReviewJune 2026
Prize
Commended, Magma Poetry Editors’ Prize
One Hit WonderApril 2026
Publication
All We Learned
RabbitDecember 2025
Prize
Longlisted, Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2026
December 2025
Prize
Shortlisted, Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition
The News (manuscript)November 2025
Prize
Highly Commended, Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
The News (manuscript)October 2025
Writing
- The Art of Attention - where Poetry and Mindfulness Intersect
First published on The Blue Nib, 2020.