Cork woman named as winner of Farmgate Café National Poetry Award

The award will be presented on Tuesday as part of Cork International Poetry Festival 

Victoria Kennefick is from Shanagarry, Co Cork. 

Cork poet Victoria Kennefick has been named as the winner of the 2025 Farmgate Café National Poetry Award ahead of an award presentation to be held next week.

Seven poets were shortlisted for the award, which celebrates books of poems published by Irish poets, but it was Kennefick’s second collection of poems Egg/Shell that took the title this year, following in the footsteps of fellow Cork poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, who was named the overall winner in 2024.