Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk ... Renowned linguist Robin Flowers’s rhymed translation of the Old Irish is immensely charming in its own way, but I’ve chosen Seamus ...

Old roué. Old reprobate ... Gustav Parker Hibbett brings an energetic new voice to Irish poetry in their debut, High Jump as Icarus Story (Banshee, €12.99), shortlisted for this year ...

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, ...

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

Mourners included Irish President Michael D Higgins ... He published his first collection of poetry, No Continuing City, when he was 30 years old. In 1994, he wrote arguably his most famous ...

The 24-year-old from Co Cork died on Sunday from injuries sustained in a fall at Thurles Racecourse on February 6.

When we think of Irish saints, good old St. Patrick first springs to mind ... the Celtic goddess of fire, poetry, unity, childbirth, and healing. Holy wells were sacred places for the ancient ...

The 24-year-old Cheltenham Festival-winning rider died as a result of the injuries he suffered in a fall at Thurles on 6 ...

On Monday the inquiry also heard from the family of one of Oran's friends, 12-year old Shaun McLaughlin ... The schoolboy had presented a poem to the then Irish president, Mary McAleese, just ...

Christine Kavanagh’s 30-year-old son Dillon died on Thursday night ... time with his family after Damien’s unexpected death. A poem he wrote at that time, about being homeless, was shared ...

Remembered as one of Ireland’s most celebrated poets, the 85-year-old died on Wednesday ... music, love and poetry”. It added: “Michael will be remembered widely for his warmth, humour ...

On January 26, 1907, John Millington Synge's “The Playboy of the Western World” opened at the Abbey Theater in Dublin. The production caused such a fuss that projectiles were flung at the ...