Bernadette Gallagher is an Irish poet whose debut collection, The Risen Tree was published by revival press in 2024. Her poems have appeared in Crannóg, Agenda, The Stinging Fly, The North, Southword, Irish Examiner, and others, with work also recorded in the UCD Poetry Archive and featured on the Words Lightly Spoken podcast. She has read internationally, including at the Sahitya Akademi in New Delhi. Her essay on Dorothea Herbert appears in Irish Women Poets Rediscovered (CUP, 2021). She has received support from the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork County Council, curated Poetry in the Park (2024), won the Bread and Roses Poetry Award (2024), and was highly commended in the 2025 Desmond O’Grady Competition.

Is file Éireannach í Bernadette Gallagher agus is é The Risen Tree (Revival Press, 2024) a chéad bhailiúchán dánta. Athbhreithníodh é den chéad uair ag Orla Fay i Books Ireland Magazine. Tá a cuid dánta foilsithe i Crannóg, Agenda, The Stinging Fly, The North, Southword, Irish Examiner, agus i measc foinsí eile. Tá roinnt dánta léirithe freisin i nCartlann Filíochta UCD agus le cloisteáil ar phodchraoladh Words Lightly Spoken. Léigh sí go hidirnáisiúnta, lena n-áirítear ag an Sahitya Akademi i Nua Delhi. Tá a haistear ar Dorothea Herbert le fáil in Irish Women Poets Rediscovered (CUP, 2021). Tá tacaíocht faighte aici ó Chomhairle Ealaíon na hÉireann agus Comhairle Contae Chorcaí, d’eagraigh sí Poetry in the Park (2024), bhuaigh sí Gradam Filíochta Bread and Roses (2024), agus fuair sí moladh ard sa chomórtas Desmond O’Grady 2025.