2019 Winner: Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin, for
The Mother House 2018 Winner: Leontia Flynn, for
The Radio Shortlist: 2016 Winner: Caitríona O’Reilly, for
Geis 2015 Winner: Theo Dorgan, for
Nine Bright Shiners 2014 Winner: Sinéad Morrissey, for
Parallax 2013 Winner: Dennis O'Driscoll, for
Dear Life, awarded posthumously (he died in December 2012).
2012 Winner: Michael Longley, for
A Hundred Doors.
Shortlist: •
Moya Cannon,
Hands. •
Michael Longley,
A Hundred Doors. •
John Montague,
Speech Lessons. •
Bernard O'Donoghue,
Farmers Cross. •
Macdara Woods,
The Cotard Dimension.
Judges: Gerald Dawe, James Harpur, and Mary Shine Thompson (all poets).
Shortlist: •
Sara Berkeley,
The View from Here. •
Ciarán Carson,
Until Before After. •
Dermot Healy, ''A Fool's Errand''. •
Seamus Heaney,
Human Chain. •
Paul Muldoon,
Maggot.
Judges: Brian Lynch (poet, novelist, and screenwriter), Leanne O'Sullivan (poet), and Borbála Faragó (lecturer and critic).
Shortlist: •
Ciarán Carson,
On the Night Watch. •
Vona Groarke,
Spindrift. •
Sinéad Morrissey,
Through the Square Window. •
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin,
The Sun-fish. •
Peter Sirr,
The Thing Is.
Judges: John F. Deane, Alan Gillis, and Maria Johnston.
Shortlist: •
Colette Bryce,
Self-Portrait in the Dark. •
Ciarán Carson,
For All We Know. •
Leontia Flynn,
Drives. •
Pearse Hutchinson,
At Least For a While. •
Derek Mahon,
Life on Earth.
Judges: Kit Fryatt,
Sean O'Brien, and
Joseph Woods.
2008 Winner: Harry Clifton, for
Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994–2004.
Shortlist: •
Harry Clifton,
Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994–2004. •
Eamon Grennan,
Out of Breath. • Dave Lordan,
The Boy in the Ring. •
Dennis O'Driscoll,
Reality Check. •
Matthew Sweeney,
Black Moon.
Judges: Philip Coleman, Sasha Dugdale, and
William Wall.
2007 Winner: Seamus Heaney, for
District and Circle.
Shortlist: •
Seamus Heaney,
District and Circle. •
Medbh McGuckian,
The Currach Requires No Harbours. •
Paul Muldoon,
Horse Latitudes. •
Caitriona O'Reilly,
The Sea Cabinet. •
David Wheatley,
Mocker.
Judges: Eileen Battersby, Niall MacMonagle, and
Maurice Riordan.
2006 Winner: Derek Mahon, for
Harbour Lights.
Shortlist: •
John F. Deane,
The Instruments of Art. •
Nick Laird,
To a Fault. •
Derek Mahon,
Harbour Lights. •
Sinéad Morrissey,
The State of the Prisons. •
Conor O'Callaghan,
Fiction.
Judges: Patrick Crotty, Gerard Fanning, and
Fiona Sampson.
Shortlist: •
Paul Durcan,
The Art of Life. • Alan Gillis,
Somebody Somewhere. •
Medbh McGuckian,
The Book of the Angel. • Dorothy Molloy,
Hare Soup. •
Peter Sirr,
Nonetheless.
Judges: Simon Armitage, Selina Guinness, and
Colm Tóibín. ==References==