Paula Meehan’s books of poetry include Return and No Blame (Beaver Row Press,198), Reading the Sky (Beaver Row,1985), The Man Who was Marked by Winter, (Gallery Press, 1991) which was shortlisted for the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Irish Literature Prize for Poetry), Pillow Talk (Gallery Press, 1994), also shortlisted for the Irish Times Literature Prize for Poetry. Mysteries of the Home: A Selection of Poems. was published by Bloodaxe Books in 1996, and in 2000, Carcanet Press and Wake Forest University Press published Dharmakaya. In 2003, Carcanet included a generous portion of her work in Three Irish Poets: Eavan Boland, Paula Meehan, Mary O’Malley. Her newest volume, Painting Rain, was published by Carcanet and Wake Forest.
Her plays include Mrs Sweeney (New Island Books, 1999) Cell: a play (New Island Books, 2000), and for children, Kirkle, The Voyage and The Wolf of Winter. Cell had its U.S. premier at the Irish Theatre Festival in New York on September 8, 2009.

Poetry
Return and No Blame. Beaver Row Press, Dublin 1984.
Reading the Sky. Beaver Row Press, Dublin 1985.
The Man Who was Marked by Winter. The Gallery Press, Oldcastle 1991.
Pillow Talk. The Gallery Press, Oldcastle 1994.
Dharmakaya. Carcanet, Manchester 2000, Wake Forest University Press 2002
Painting Rain. Carcanet, Manchester 2009; Wake Forest University Press 2009

Drama
Mrs Sweeney. New Island Books, 1999
Cell: a play. New Island Books, Dublin 2000