Ciara Ní É

Ciara Ní É is an Irish poet, playwright, screenwriter and broadcaster who often works through the Irish language. She is the founder of the bilingual spoken-word event REIC and co-founder with Eoin McEvoy of the LGBTQ+ arts collective AerachAiteachGaelach. Her work has been published in anthologies including Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior (Wake Forest University Press, 2022), Queering the Green (Lighthouse Press, 2021), and Washing Windows Too (Arlen House, 2022). She has performed widely in Ireland and internationally, with appearances at festivals and venues in New York, London, Berlin, Paris, and Stockholm. Ní É was named on the Irish Examiner’s list of "100 Women Changing Ireland" (2022). Her broadcasting work includes the TG4 documentary Ciara Ní É: Saol Trí Ghaeilge (2021), which was shortlisted for the Celtic Media Festival and Oireachtas Media Awards.