I was afflicted with a sore throat and a mild headache, which I blame on Savannah’s wishy-washy weather that never fails to ...

Seamus Heaney Fellow, Fiona Benson, has chosen her shortlist of four for this year’s Moth Poetry Prize, and commended a ...

Margaret McCarthy describes “In the Becoming” as a “full circle moment.” The volume subtitled “Poems on the Deirdre Story” ...

In honor of this fun holiday filled with parades, shamrocks and leprechauns, try reading some Irish poetry. In the words of William Butler Yeats, “The world is full of magic things, patiently ...

When it comes to romance, Irish writers are rightly famous. With Valentine’s Day upon us yet again, we decided to give you a flavor of the best love writings from some of our greatest writers ...

The Eavan Boland Library is the first building on Trinity College Dublin's city-centre campus to be named after a woman. The ...

Author, poet, and philosopher David Whyte reflects on the power of words and explores why accepting and celebrating the human ...

One such repurposing was Mr. Longley’s most famous poem, “Ceasefire,” written in 1994 and published in The Irish Times soon after the Provisional I.R.A. cease-fire. It compares a profoundly ...

Tonight, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lin- Manuel Miranda joined the inaugural festivities. For his part, Lin recited a poem by Irish poet Seamus Heaney.