Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Perhaps most striking about this work is a kind of Dadaist playfulness rarely found in Irish poetry – perhaps closest would be the poems of Paul Durcan, with their absurdist propositions often ...

Noelle Lynskey, Bernie Crawford, Sacha Hutchinson and Luke Morgan – will feature in the next Poetry Lobby which takes place in the Menlo Park Hotel on Sunday, March 2, from 3pm to 5pm. The event, as ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN’S devastated girlfriend Charlotte ended his funeral with a poem to “my endless love”. The Irish jockey, 24 ...

Irish president Michael D. Higgins called him “a peerless poet” and wrote the following in a public statement: Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ...

The celebrity clan have so Truman Show-ed their existence that all significant events in their lives have occurred on camera ...

Her poems have been published by OFI Press, Obsessed With Pipework, Skylight47, Boyne Berries, Saolta Arts and broadcast on RTÉ radio. Nollaig is working towards a first collection. Rowan’s ...

It has also produced many extraordinary women poets, including Nuala Ní Domhnaill and Eavan Boland. In collaboration with John J. Burns Library at Boston College, the Charitable Irish Society and the ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

THE First Wednesday Series (FWS), in partnership with Poetry Ireland, has announced Professor Eoin Devereux as the featured reader for its upcoming event at The White House Bar in Limerick city.