Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Heritage centre focused on poet Patrick Kavanagh in Inniskeen, Ireland

The Patrick Kavanagh Centre occupies the former Roman Catholic St. Mary's church, built in 1820 in Inniskeen, County Monaghan. The exhibition covers Kavanagh's life and local history, with a topographical model of the area, a model illustrating his poem "A Christmas Childhood", paintings and information panels. On display are the Peter Kavanagh hand press on loan from the Kavanagh Archive of University College Dublin, Kavanagh's death mask, letters and the font in which he was baptised. A 60-seat audio-visual theatre shows films on the poet, including his 1962 RTÉ monologue "Self Portrait".

St Mary's Roman Catholic church, built in 1820, later became the Patrick Kavanagh Centre, developed by the Inniskeen Enterprise Development Group and opened by President Mary Robinson in 1994. President Mary McAleese laid a wreath on Kavanagh's grave and spoke at the centre in 2004, the centenary of his birth. A €1 million renovation preceded its reopening in July 2020.

The centre runs the annual Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award with the Patrick Kavanagh Society, given for an unpublished collection of poems. Each year on the last weekend in November it holds the Patrick Kavanagh Weekend, with lectures on a central theme plus music and drama; past keynote speakers include Seamus Heaney and Antoinette Quinn.

The centre stands in Inniskeen, and the Monaghan Way walking route begins at its door, crossing country to Castleblayney along the Fane river and the old railway line. A Patrick Kavanagh Trail guide covers local sites tied to the poet, some open to the public and others viewable only from the roadside. The 60-seater audio-visual theatre shows films on Kavanagh, including his 1962 RTÉ monologue "Self Portrait".

The centre displays the font in which Kavanagh was baptised and his death mask, formerly owned by John Ryan. The Peter Kavanagh hand press is on loan from the Kavanagh Archive at University College Dublin. The 60-seat audio-visual theatre shows "Self Portrait", a half-hour monologue Kavanagh recorded for RTÉ in 1962.