Steafán Hanvey

Steafán Hanvey is an Irish songwriter, poet, photographer, and podcaster based in Helsinki, Finland. Born in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, during the early years of the Troubles, his work is deeply shaped by memory, trauma, and identity. Raised in a musical household, he began performing early, fronting his first band at sixteen alongside future members of Relish.

He studied Literature and Politics at the University of Ulster, spent a year at Western Washington University, and later earned an MA in International Politics from the University of Helsinki. In 2018, Irish Academic Press published 'Reconstructions', a collaborative multimedia collection featuring Hanvey's poems and prose alongside photographs by his father, Bobbie Hanvey; one of the poems was featured as RTÉ’s Poem of the Week.

Hanvey’s work has appeared on NPR, BBC, RTÉ, Sky News, *The Irish Times*, and *The Huffington Post*. In 2019, he toured Ireland as a special guest to Sinéad O’Connor.