Photo owned by Dan4th (cc) Back in 1992 or 93, I was asked to write a poem to commemorate 139 years of The Christian Brothers School in Gorey. I obliged in the only way I knew how, but of course it wasn’t published. Perhaps it would be now, though it’s far from a masterpiece. Maybe it was the title? Anyway, I was rooting through discarded poems and found it. It …Read the Rest
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Early versions of Irish Writers Online and Irish Culture Guide
Recently I was asked by an MA research student to give some background about Irish Writers Online. A most gratifying …Read the Rest
The Book-Thief’s Heartbeat
Photo owned by Dan Strange (cc) Yeats’ writings are now in the public domain, it now being seventy years from …Read the Rest
Alliouagana Festival of the Word
I’ve never been to Alliouagana, but it has a special place in my heart, and indeed, in Irish history. Alliouagana …Read the Rest
All Ireland Poetry Day
Along with Rita Kelly, I’ll be reading in John Mc Evoy’s Crannog Bookshop in Cavan, All Ireland Poetry Day, Oct …Read the Rest
Towards a Poetics of Anger
How should we describe the extraordinary consensus that existed in this country — a consensus that united us all around …Read the Rest
Poet of exile and return
In the week of John Montague’s 80th birthday, fellow poet Thomas McCarthy looks at the career and life of a …Read the Rest
The Toughest, Bravest Man Who Ever Lived
IT ALL begins with words. Words that teem and toss about, they stream and eddy. They’re torrential and pressing and …Read the Rest
Paula Meehan et Les Poètes de Philippe Noireaut
I was looking forward to Paula Meehan’s reading in the National Gallery here in Dublin today at 1pm, but I …Read the Rest
James Liddy Funeral Arrangements
Irish Times Family Notices LIDDY, James Daniel — November 5, 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, late of Coolgreaney, Gorey and 8, …Read the Rest
James Liddy RIP
The sad, baffling news of James Liddy’s death, the mentor of my youthful verse and friend of almost 40 years. …Read the Rest
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