It is perhaps not a great idea for a politician to declare himself “against all certainty”, as our President does in the title of his new poetry collection, released as an album costing €29.95 on ...

Mario Cuomo apparently once said you campaign in poetry and govern in prose. To which I say: you don’t understand poetry, ...

Just as early Irish poems mapped the connections between the pagan and Christian eras, Ó Searcaigh's links between the Irish literary tradition and the poetry of other realms.

Poets gather in west Belfast for Irish language poetry slam competition Slam Filíochta as part of the Liú Lúnasa festival.

LUNENBURG — Storyteller, singer, and harper Kate Chadbourne is excited to celebrate spring and April Poetry Month with traditional Irish poems set to music, stories that extol cleverness and ...

Eavan Boland's poetry has long been at work writing women back into history in Ireland. In doing so, she has broken open the Irish poem for women's voices and experiences -or, as my title states here, ...

A Poem for Ireland is a major new RTÉ campaign which aims to get the public talking about the Irish poems they feel are the most-loved of the past 100 years.

Through tender words in the Gaelic language, the readings in 'Poetry of Repossession' cultivated many emotions on an evening fill threaded by ideas of loss.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with these Irish poems and songs From the Emerald Isle, the land of saints and scholars, some poetic Irish words that are sure to fill you with pride.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry,edited by Patrick Crotty, introduction by Seamus Heaney, Penguin, RRP£40, 1,120 ...