Alvy Carragher

Alvy Carragher is a Dublin-based poet who grew up in Galway and Tipperary and has lived in Louisiana, South Korea, and Canada. She is the author of three poetry collections, most recently What Remains the Same (The Gallery Press, 2024), which was shortlisted for the Farmgate National Poetry Award. She has also written an award-winning children's novel. In 2026 she won the David Whyte Poet in Residence Award at Burren College of Art, a four-week residency in the Burren with a 5000 euro bursary. She was selected for Poetry Ireland's Eavan Boland Award (2025-2026) and has received the Irish Arts Council's Literature Bursary Award in 2022 and 2024.