Selections of his work have already been published in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Rumanian, Catalan, Japanese and Croatian. Cathal is frequently invited to give poetry readings at arts festivals and literary celebrations in England, the U.S.,Canada and all over Europe.

Translations by: Thomas McCarthy, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Joan McBreen, Seamus Heaney, Sarah Berkeley, John F. Deane, Gréagóir Ó Dúill, Gabriel Rosenstock, Aodán Mac Póilín, Peter Sirr, Lillis Ó Laoire and Frank Galligan.