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About

Metre was a magazine of poetry that ran for seventeen issues from 1995 to 2005. For most of that period it was edited by Justin Quinn and David Wheatley. It presented original poetry, reviews, interviews and essays. Published and printed in Ireland, edited by two Irish people, it nonetheless billed itself as 'A Magazine of International Poetry': the desire was present from the outset to provide a platform for the best of Irish work alongside the best from the UK, US, Australia as well as work in translation.

The magazine could not have continued without the generous support of the Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, and occasional support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Also, patrons and sponsors generously contributed to our costs from the outset.

This site presents a database of PDFs of original contributions to the magazine, and is hosted by the Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague, under the auspices of the Centre for Irish Studies.

   - Justin Quinn & David Wheatley

Founding Editors
Hugh Maxton, Justin Quinn, David Wheatley

Editors for issues 1-2
Hugh Maxton, Justin Quinn, David Wheatley

Editors for issues 3-17
Justin Quinn, David Wheatley

Editorial Board
Philip Coleman, Kit Fryatt, Selina Guinness, Maria Johnston, Aisling Maguire, John McAuliffe
Caitríona O'Reilly

Simon Caterson edited the Australian Special Issue (2)
Chris Agee edited the American Special Issue (7/8)
Philip Coleman edited the Carl Rakosi Special Issue (15)
Fran Brearton co-edited the Central Europe Special Issue (12)

Patrons
Seamus Heaney, Niall MacMonagle, Jack Quinn

Sponsors
Andarrios Fund, Anon., Kevin Barry, Terence Brown, Paddy Bushe, Brian Cosgrove, Michael Cronin, Brendan Dempsey, Thomas Dillon Redshaw, Henry Fajemirokun, Fearon O'Neill Rooney Consulting Engineers, Joseph Hassett, J. C. C. Mays, Patrick O'Connell, Colm Ó hEocha, University of East Anglia, Wake Forest University Press, Bret Walker

Note to Authors
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