The poetry journal Almatroz
The poetry journal Almatroz, whose objective is to promote and discuss contemporary poetry written or translated from/ into English invites critics, poets …
The poetry journal Almatroz, whose objective is to promote and discuss contemporary poetry written or translated from/ into English invites critics, poets …
It costs €90,000 a year to keep a prisoner in jail. The Old Triangle is a fund-raising event for the Irish Penal …
Ich am of Irlonde, And of the holy londe Of Irlonde. Goode sire, praye ich thee, For of sainte charitee, Com and …
I became interested in the painter Jackson Pollock through a poet, Frank O’Hara. They were both Americans, and oddly enough, both died …
The Russian poet Bella Akhmadulina has died. I saw her read once, in the old Project Theatre in Dublin, and was so …
Photo owned by Dan4th (cc) Back in 1992 or 93, I was asked to write a poem to commemorate 139 years of …
Recently I was asked by an MA research student to give some background about Irish Writers Online. A most gratifying request, of …
Photo owned by Dan Strange (cc) Yeats’ writings are now in the public domain, it now being seventy years from the end …
I’ve never been to Alliouagana, but it has a special place in my heart, and indeed, in Irish history. Alliouagana is the …
Along with Rita Kelly, I’ll be reading in John Mc Evoy’s Crannog Bookshop in Cavan, All Ireland Poetry Day, Oct 1st, 1pm
How should we describe the extraordinary consensus that existed in this country — a consensus that united us all around core concepts …
In the week of John Montague’s 80th birthday, fellow poet Thomas McCarthy looks at the career and life of a man who …
IT ALL begins with words. Words that teem and toss about, they stream and eddy. They’re torrential and pressing and insistent. They …
I was looking forward to Paula Meehan’s reading in the National Gallery here in Dublin today at 1pm, but I just couldn’t …
Irish Times Family Notices LIDDY, James Daniel – November 5, 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, late of Coolgreaney, Gorey and 8, Mary Street, …
…The sad, baffling news of James Liddy’s death, the mentor of my youthful verse and friend of almost 40 years. I always …