Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 – “The space we stood around had been emptied” (Clearances, The Haw Lantern, 1987)
The writer and farmer on finding his mojo among women in Norway, shameful plastic rubbish and why he has no interest in a literary dinner party
Ireland event guide June 21st-27th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The artist’s paintings are a blend of quasi-religious iconography, personal memory, poetic allusion and feminist semiotics
To celebrate Bloomsday on June 16th, we explore spots that inspired famous writers to create their classics
They’re self-motivated, I think you’d call it. All I know is that I can take no credit for their industry
Alan Ladak (70) said he bought the books, valued at €2,000, for €40 each at bric-a-brac stall in Galway city centre
Poet’s writing had to change in response to violence in Northern Ireland, a pressure not of his own making
We are at a very strange moment in our cultural evolution – one that threatens the very possibility of spiritual experience
Unthinkable: There may be lessons from Northern Ireland in responding to the horrors of the Middle East
Poetry, fiction, geography and children’s books among lots at Fonsie Mealy sale
When I was an impoverished student sustained by Pot Noodles, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature introduced me to literature I would not have encountered otherwise
BogSkin, an exhibition by the Royal Hibernian Academy, prods us by showing that Ireland’s bogs aren’t simply repositories for our collective unconsciousness, they are precious sustainers of life and, in a hugely destructive inflection of past habits, we are sacrificing them
A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home
What do we really know about our national apostle and what is merely myth?
The illustrious magazine remains rooted in the principles and traditions of print journalism. There is surely a lesson there
Families have different views on the Omagh inquiry, but what they all hold sacred is the need for their loved ones’ stories to be heard
The debut novelist on her hotly tipped book, The Wardrobe Department and how she doesn’t know what she thinks about something until she starts writing about it
The celebrity clan have so Truman Show-ed their existence that all significant events in their lives have occurred on camera
Declan and Patsy Ryan recall receiving the restaurant industry’s highest accolade in 1974 for their Arbutus Lodge
Edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis, it will be published on October 9th
The good, the bad and the ugly parts of studying English through Irish eyes at Oxford
President and fellow writers celebrate the legacy of one of Ireland’s finest poets
Michael Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize
The New York-born poet on having resilience foisted upon her as a teenager when both of her parents died
Reviews: The Island in the Sound; Grand Tour; National Theatre; and Long Distance
Adrian Frazier’s no-holds-barred biography of the American-born Irish poet acknowledges the cost of a life turned ‘into the achievement of poetry’
Colcester, Florence, Belfast and elsewhere all intermingle in Philip Terry’s version of Dante’s Purgatorio
In their daily lives, Northerners seem more grown-up than Southerners
The Frontier of Writing: A Study of Seamus Heaney’s Prose edited by Ian Hickey and Eugene O’Brien; Citizen Poet: New & Selected Essays by Eavan Boland; Questioning Ireland by Thomas McCarthy
Wisdom and deftness were tools of writer whose subjects ranged from the lyrical to the sectarian
This centenary compilation pays tribute to the pre-eminent editor’s mission to enhance and uphold Ireland’s literary culture
Kathleen Watkins was one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met
Through a lifetime of immense public and personal crises, through times of uncertainty and loss, Paul Durcan has remained true to his art
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
