Gallery Goes to Clifden: Molly Twomey and Kevin Graham

evin Graham works in environmental risk, specialising in environmental liability. He holds a BSc in Applied Computational Linguistics from Dublin City University. His debut collection, The Lookout Post (2023), received widespread acclaim, was shortlisted for both the Pollard Prize and the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award, and won the Southword Debut Poetry Collection Award. His second collection, Time’s Guest (2025).

Molly Twomey is a poet from Lismore, County Waterford. She earned an MA in Creative Writing from University College Cork in 2019. Her debut collection, Raised Among Vultures (2022), won the Southword Debut Poetry Collection Award and was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for Best First Collection and the Farmgate National Poetry Award. Her eagerly awaited second collection, Chic to be Sad, was published in 2025.

Kevin and Molly represent a vibrant new generation of Irish poets – bringing fresh voices, keen observation and emotional resonance to contemporary poetry.