Dorcey began her political activism in the 1970s, having returned to Ireland after living in France and England. Having met other queer people abroad, Dorcey was struck by the repression that ...

The poet Michael Hartnett, a contemporary and friend, wrote a poem in dedication to Durcan in the early 1970s that contained ...

The poet Paul Durcan died last week. I almost met him. This was at the beginning of the 1970s. ​I was a student at University ...

Kathleen MacMahon, Conor O’Callaghan, Bernard MacLaverty, Enda Wyley, William Wall, Aifric McGlinchey and Martin Doyle pay ...

John Paul Davies is a former winner of the Penguin Ireland Story Award. He’s been placed in the TU Dublin Story Prize and ...

ONE of Ireland’s most renowned contemporary poets has passed away after six decades working in poetry. Acclaimed poet Paul ...

"We have audiences in so many generations for Irish poetry owes much to him and those others who brought their work around Ireland and abroad," he added. Durcan was a gifted communicator ...

Tanaiste Simon Harris hailed the Dubliner as "unflinchingly honest, witty and one of Ireland’s best poetic voices" ...

Decades before Christopher Kinahan Sr. fled to Dubai, he dabbled in prison poetry and prose alongside some of Ireland’s most ...

Replace a traditional wedding cake with a tower of scones or Irish desserts. Offer Irish whiskey or a signature cocktail like ...

His work also saw him garner numerous awards, including the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1974, the Irish American Cultural Institute Poetry Award in 1989, the Whitbread Prize in 1990 ...

IrishCentral Contributor Loretto Leary on the 2025 Annual Irish Famine Commemoration Day Ceremony at the Gaelic American Club ...