Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship Award for Poetry

Mary Branley was awarded the Patrick and Katherine Fellowship Award for Poetry in 2008. Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin wrote at the time: “What gives me confidence in Mary Branley’s work, is the conviction that this is a poet and a writer of real integrity.”

Mary has received numerous bursaries for residencies at Tyrone Guthrie Ctr. at Annamakerrig Co Monaghan, Cill Rialaig Project Co Kerry, Heinrich Böll Cottage at Achill Co Mayo.