"I love Celebrating the life and works of Patrick Kavanagh"

2022-08-15 04:32:57

Skip to Main ContentYour privacy is important to us.This website uses cookies to help deliver its services. By using this website, you agree to the use of cookies as outlined in our Privacy Policy.Okay, Got It.HomePlan Your VisitPlan Your VisitExperiencesPatrick KavanaghKavanagh ContemporaryPatrick Kavanagh Poetry AwardTaking FlightA Christmas ChildhoodAnnual Kavanagh LectureKavanagh Craft CollectionMonaghan MuralsThe Kate Beagan CollectionThe Creative Self – Schools ProjectPoetry Jukebox ‘No Earthly Estate’Kavanagh TrailEducationUpcoming EventsShopNews & MediaContactBook a Tour LanguageArabicChinese (Simplified)DutchEnglishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseRussianSpanish#goog-gt-tt{display:none!important}.goog-te-banner-frame{display:none!important}.goog-te-menu-value:hover{text-decoration:none!important}.goog-text-highlight{background-color:transparent!important;box-shadow:none!important}body{top:0!important}#google_translate_element2{display:none!important}News & MediaContact LanguageArabicChinese (Simplified)DutchEnglishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseRussianSpanish#goog-gt-tt{display:none!important}.goog-te-banner-frame{display:none!important}.goog-te-menu-value:hover{text-decoration:none!important}.goog-text-highlight{background-color:transparent!important;box-shadow:none!important}body{top:0!important}#google_translate_element2{display:none!important}Book a TourPlan Your VisitExperiencesPatrick KavanaghKavanagh ContemporaryPatrick Kavanagh Poetry AwardTaking FlightA Christmas ChildhoodAnnual Kavanagh LectureKavanagh Craft CollectionMonaghan MuralsThe Kate Beagan CollectionThe Creative Self – Schools ProjectPoetry Jukebox ‘No Earthly Estate’Kavanagh TrailShopEducationUpcoming Events“I dabbled in verse and it became my life”“...I knew as I entered that I had come Through fields that were part of no earthly estate.”LandscapeThe unique drumlin landscape that defines Monaghan and shaped Patrick Kavanagh as a person and as a poet, has changed little since his time.Learn morePoetWhen his first volume was published, ‘Ploughman and other Poems’ in 1936, he was still a working farmer.Learn moreManPatrick Kavanagh, one of Ireland’s greatest poets, was born in Inniskeen in 1904 and lived his first 35 years on a small farm here.Learn moreLegacyToday his legacy lives on through the universal themes of soul, love, beauty, nature and God laid bare in the great gift of his poetry.Learn more“...I knew as I entered that I had come Through fields that were part of no earthly estate.”LandscapeThe unique drumlin landscape that defines Monaghan and shaped Patrick Kavanagh as a person and as a poet, has changed little since his time.Learn morePoetWhen his first volume was published, ‘Ploughman and other Poems’ in 1936, he was still a working farmer.Learn moreManPatrick Kavanagh, one of Ireland’s greatest poets, was born in Inniskeen in 1904 and lived his first 35 years on a small farm here.Learn moreLegacyToday his legacy lives on through the universal themes of soul, love, beauty, nature and God laid bare in the great gift of his poetry.Learn moreBook TicketsThe exhibition at the heart of the stunningly refurbished Kavanagh Centre celebrates the different stages of Patrick Kavanagh’s life and evolution of his poetic craft. This is achieved through a series of touchscreens, memory boxes, letters and early 20th-century ephemera.Learn moreKavanagh TrailThe Monaghan landscape that shaped Patrick Kavanagh as a person and as a poet has changed little since his time. Take The Kavanagh Trail and walk in the poet’s footsteps down the lanes, through the triangular fields and between the whitethorn hedges of Monaghan.Learn moreGift StoreOur gift store includes books featuring Kavanaghs poetry and prose, Tarry Flynn, The Green Fool and various academic treatments. We also have a series of gift cards based on a variety of his best known poems and a craft collection by local makers.Learn moreOur ExperiencesThe visitor experience in the centre can be enjoyed in a number of different ways.Learn more about our experiencesExperiencesKavanagh TrailEducationLean more about our tours“O Monaghan hills when is writ your story, A carbon-copy will unfold my being”Latest News23 June 2022PATRICK KAVANAGH POETRY AWARD 2022The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for a first unpublished collection of…Read more24 September 2021Patrick Kavanagh Award WINNER 2021Sponsored by Grant Thornton The Award is given to a poet…Read more19 June 2021Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2021 details announcedSponsored by Grant Thornton We are delighted to announce the resumption…Read moreView all news#wprev-slider-1 .wprevpro_star_imgs_T5{display:none}#wprev-slider-1 .wprevpro_star_imgs{color:#fdd314}#wprev-slider-1 .wprsp-star{color:#fdd314}#wprev-slider-1 .wprevpro_star_imgs span.svgicons{background:#fdd314}#wprev-slider-1 .wprev_preview_bradius_T5{border-radius:0}#wprev-slider-1 .wprev_preview_bg1_T5{background:}#wprev-slider-1 .wprev_preview_bg2_T5{background:}#wprev-slider-1 .wprev_preview_tcolor1_T5{color:#fff}#wprev-slider-1 .wprev_preview_tcolor2_T5{color:#fff}#wprev-slider-1 .wprev_preview_bg1_T5{border-bottom:3px solid}#wprev-slider-1 .wprs_rd_more,.wprs_rd_less{color:#00e}#wprev-slider-1 img.wprevpro_avatarimg{width:px;height:px}#wprev-slider-1 .wprevpro_star_imgs span.svgicons{width:18px;height:18px} - 328fergalm“Thumbs up for PK Centre” Myself and my wife had the pleasure of visiting the Kavanagh Centre last Saturday and found it very... read more - 328fergalm -19-04-2022 - 607doublec“Excellent” We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Patrick Kavanagh centre. Very informative and interesting... read more - 607doublec -28-01-2022 - WhosaidmassA must for Patrick Kavanagh fans! Very nicely curated exhibition on the life and work of Patrick Kavanagh. I suggest starting with the touch screens on your right as you enter the exhibition space and work your way around in a clockwise direction to follow his story in chronological order. Well done to all involved in putting this little gem of a centre together! - Whosaidmass -12-09-2020 - ElsieMac“4 O.A.Ps in Enniskeen.” I visited with my sisters and brother in law on 8 July. We found the experience most informative... read more - ElsieMac -10-07-2022 - FootstepperExcellent telling of a poet’s story Wonderful telling of the story of Patrick Kavanagh. Clever use of family and personal artifacts along with an excellent touch screen presentation on the different periods of his life. Lots of interesting asides - he met Alan Ginsberg in New York and was an extra in a movie with Deborah Kerr. A wonderfully lyrical audio presentation and a very welcoming staff. Highly recommended. - Footstepper -17-08-2021 - 389anniemRefurbished centre excellent Really loved the whole of my relaxed 90 min visit here. Well organised and run. The most beautiful audio visuals- the short movie is so well- made. Don’t miss it . But all the displays fascinating and carefully put together. Evocative and tasteful . Thank you - 389anniem -18-08-2020Sign up to keep up to date with upcoming events and latest newsAddress: The Patrick Kavanagh Centre Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, Ireland A91 KT20Tel: +353 42 937 8560Email: [email protected] Hours: Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm | Saturdays & Bank Holidays: 11am - 5pm (Box Office closes at 4.15pm)Copyright © Patrick Kavanagh Centre 2022Privacy Policy | Accessibility StatementCreated by WebsiteNI