Pádraig Ó Tuama
Speaker; Poet and Theologian
Poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama’s work centers around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. Working fluently on the page and with groups of people, Pádraig is a skilled speaker, teacher, and group worker. His work has won acclaim in circles of poetry, politics, religion, psychotherapy and conflict analysis.
Pádraig presents Poetry Unbound with On Being Studios a podcast that takes a deep dive into a single poem. With 4 million downloads of its first three seasons, Poetry Unbound from On Being is a powerful example of the appetite for poetry in dispersed and diverse populations.
Poems featured or forthcoming in the following publications or platforms: Poetry Ireland Review, Academy of American Poets, Harvard Review, Post Road, Raidio Teilifís Éireann’s Poem of the Week, Cream City Review, Holden Village Voice, Proximity Magazine, Gutter, Dumbo Feather, America, and Seminary Ridge Review. Interviews in Orion, Dumbo Feather, Eco Theo Review, Marginalia Review of Books and more.
Pádraig has told stories at The Moth, has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, and has extended interviews with On Being, with Kim Hill on RNZ, and on Australia’s Radio National’s Spirit of Things and Soul Search. Together with his partner, Paul Doran, he cofounded Tenx9, a storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their lives. Begun in Belfast, this event now has satellite events in many other cities.