[citation needed] After Dorgan's first two poetry collections, The Ordinary House of Love and Rosa Mundi, went out of print, Dedalus Press reissued these two titles in a single volume What This Earth Cost Us.
[4] He has also published selected poems in Italian, La Case ai Margini del Mundo, (Faenza, Moby Dick, 1999).
[citation needed] A former director of Poetry Ireland (Irish: Éigse Éireann), Dorgan has worked as a broadcaster of literary programmes on both radio and television.
[citation needed] A series of text pieces by Dorgan feature in the dance musical Riverdance; he was specially commissioned to create them for the theatrical show.
[citation needed] His songs have been recorded by a number of musicians, including Alan Stivell, Jimmy Crowley and Cormac Breathnach.