Abhainn Connolly is a queer and trans poet that splits their time between the Pacific Northwest of the USA and Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Their work can be found in Oxford Poetry, Poetry Ireland Review, HAD and more. They made the longlist for Frontier Poetry’s New Voices Contest 2022 and were a finalist for the 2021 Jack McCarthy Book Prize (Write Bloody). Their debut collection DEADNAME will be released in 2023.