Published Poems

  • 'Cill Rialaig' and 'The day light left my life' published by London Grip Dec 2024, Editor: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
  • Three poems published in Live Encounters Vol 1 Nov/Dec 2024; 'The Pull of Home', 'Whisper of a Worm' and 'Low Tide'.
  • 'But Prayer Was Not Enough', a winning poem in the Bread and Roses Poetry Award 2024
  • The Risen Tree, on display as part of Poetry in the Park, Cork City Libraries & Cork Parks, 2024
  • Let Brigid In published in A Little Book of Brigid by Blueway Art Studios & Kildare County Council, 2024
  • Plantation published in Issue 2 of New Isles Press by Yellow House Publishing, London, Dec 2023
  • Father to Daughter has been translated into Arabic by Dr. Salwa Goda, Egyptian academic and translator, along with an article by her in the Jordanian magazine Thaqafat 22 Nov 2023 
  • Mirador 3 - Punta del Papagayo, Near Ring’s Farm County Cork and Varanasi and beyond published in Vol. IV of Live Encounters Nov/Dec 2023; Editor: Mark Ulyseas
  • Mycelium, published in Crannóg 58 / Edtorial Board: Sandra Bunting, Ger Burke, Jarlath Fahy & Tony O'Dwyer, 2023.
  • Beyond and Whale Song, published in Agenda 55 Stepping Stones; Editor: Patricia McCarthy, March 2023.
  • Meeting at the Water and Knitting Days published in the anthology Tabula Rasa by Linen Press, Jan 2023. Editors: Rawaa Elsir, Kavita A. Jindal, Avril Joy, Lynn Michell, Reshma Ruia.
  • Mullaghanish 2020 published in Cork Words 3 by Cork City Library; Editor: Patricia Looney, 2022.
  • Love Poem to a Seed and Grandmother's Siblings published in The World Transformed by Cork County Council Library & Arts Service; Editors: Matthew Geden, James Harpur & Roisin Kelly.
  • Donegal Turf published in Stony Thursday Poetry Book No.18; Editor: Annmarie Ní Churreáin, 2022
  • No Name published in The Stinging Fly, Issue 47, Winter 2022-23; Poetry Editor: Cal Doyle
  • A Line Drawing published in In Leafy Shade by Kanturk Arts Festival 2002
  • Life Cycle published in Fear Less Anthology by Poetry Cooperative Galway, 2022
  • Four Walls published as part of Poetry as Commemoration. This project is an initiative of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive at UCD and is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, under the Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 programme.
  • Winter published in The North, Issue 68, 2022; Guest Editors: Andrew McMillan & Stephanie Sy-Quia
  • Truths published in The Frogmore Papers by The Frogmore Press; Editor: Jeremy Page
  • My Love and Outside In published by Live Encounters Dec 2022; Editor: Mark Ulyseas
  • Greencastle to Beara, Next Generation, Phillippos, Harvest Moon, Yellow Whin, Portrait 1987, published in DREICH 2 SEASON 5 by Hybriddreich Ltd., Editor: Jack Caradoc
  • From Darkness published by Cork County Council Library & Arts Service for Poetry Day Ireland 28th April 2022
  • Dreaming of Father and Your Words published by Agenda, April 2022 [Download pdf]
  • A Line Drawing published by Porridge Magazine One Poem, Editor: Georgia Tindale; 9th March 2022
  • Funeral Games published Nov 2021 in Southword 41, Munster Literature Centre; Editor: Patrick Cotter; Cork City Library Poetry in the Park: Funeral Games displayed in Tramore Valley Park.
  • Fledgling, Stone Words and November Sunset published in Live Encounters, Nov 2021; Editor: Mark Ulyseas
  • Coming Home recorded for Words Lightly Spoken podcast #115, Oct 2021 by Claire Cunningham, Rockfinch Productions.
  • All the Cracked Things published in Drawn to the Light Press, Oct 2021; Editor: Orla Fay
  • Unwrapped Present published by UCD Poetry Archive / Poetry in Lockdown Part 13
  • Haymaking published in Irish Farmers Journal, July 2021 and in Windrow No.17 April 2022 [Download pdf] and by Steve Tomlin June 2023 on Steve Tomlin Crafts website https://stevetomlincrafts.co.uk/haymaking-poem-by-bernadette-gallagher/
  • Survivor published in Issue 1 of Bealtaine Magazine, An Irish Literary and Arts E-zine, Spring 2021; Editors:  Seán Flynn and Molly O'Connor.
  • Fledgling, Stone Words and November Sunset published by Mark Ulyseas, Live Encounters, Dec 2021.
  • Reminders of things to do, Out Walking, Mullaghanish 2020 and Don't Write about Death published by Mark Ulyseas in Live Encounters Poetry & Writing Vol.1 Dec 2020; Editorial by Terry McDonagh.
  • Let us go then, you and I published by HeadStuff, as Poem of the Week 18th September 2020
  • The Last Walk published in The Poetry Shed August 2020, editor: Abegail Morley
  • Listen published on Pendemic, April 2020
  • Ink Well published by The Galway Review
  • Another World published in Shot Glass Journal  by Muse-Pie Press in New Jersey. Jan 2020 
  • The Colour Grey and Threads Entwined published in Backstory Journal, Dec 2019
    • A history journal with an eye to the future, Melbourne, Australia.
  • The Poet Laureate published in Other Terrain Journal,  Dec 2019
    • Other Terrain is a Swinburne University literary journal based in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Ganga to La Croix published in To the River, Nov 2019
  • Piccadilly Line published in Places of Poetry Map, Oct 2019
  • High Speed published in Places of Poetry Map, Oct 2019
  • The Last Walk audio recording published on the Poetry Jukebox, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, N. Ireland and University College Dublin - 2018 - 2019 and thanks to Camille Lynch for adding this poem to Tadhg McSweeney's website.
  • 'Resting Place', 'Daffodils', 'Legacy', 'A Toddler Shows the Way',  Four poems published in the December 2018 edition of Live Encounters.  Editor: Mark Ulyseas
  • Three of eight Poems recorded for the Irish Poetry Archive, University College Dublin - 2018
  • 'Walls of Bones', 'Home Alone', 'Man at Window', 'Plumbing her Own' - Four poems published in the December 2017 edition of Live Encounters.  Editor: Mark Ulyseas
  • Leave Taking and Submerged published in anthology 'In the Cinnamon Corners' by Cinnamon Press, September 2017.
  • 'Young Urchins', 'With Love From Those Who Hate' and 'The Rains Came' published in DoveTales, an International Journal of the Arts “Refugees and the Displaced; May 2017; Editor: Carmel Mawle.   An audio recording of 'With Love From Those Who Hate' was published on The Ink Pod [The Blue Nib] - Episode #2, 24th Dec 2019.
  • The following five poems were written as part of the Ó Bhéal Five-word challenge on Monday nights from April 2016 to April 2017 and published in 'Five Words, Volume X' April 2017:
    • Not Spot
    • A Thin Line
    • On a cold winter’s night
    • On the Street
    • The Prophet
  • Father to Daughter - first published on PoetHead Feb 2017; Editor: Christine Murray;  Also published on PoetHead are 'Hanging #2',  'Shades', 'Young Urchins', 'Rosa' and 'Seeds'.
  • Rosa - first published in Boyne Berries 20; Autumn 2016 Published by Boyne Writers Group; Editor Orla Fay [ISSN: 1649-9271]  
  • Body-Death first published on Twitter for #BlinkTBL in June 2016
  • The Swallows - first published in ROPES 2016, Stories of Independence, 24th Edition, Published by ROPES 2016 Team, MA in Literature & Publishing  [ISSN:0791-8054] 


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