The Ireland Chair of Poetry has announced the Spring Series for 2026 by the newly appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry, Vona Groarke. Vona Groarke will begin her three-year tenure (2025–2028) in residence at Trinity College Dublin for the Spring Semester, commencing at the end of January. As part of the series, Vona Groarke will deliver a public lecture entitled ‘A Lonely Began: The Poem Alone and the Poem in Company’