Lee Kuan Yew's maxim that poetry was an unaffordable luxury was of its time. These days it is widely appreciated, and not ...

Why read poetry? Why stand still and tune into poetry’s cadences in a madly spinning world? Because poetry, as the wise Irish ...

When Seamus Heaney, the Irish poet and Nobel laureate, died in 2013, his last words were sent by text message. Minutes before ...

March 13, Villanova’s English Department continued its annual Villanova Literary Festival in partnership with the Center for Irish Studies. Villanova hosted Northern Irish poet Dr. Stephen Sexton for ...

On St. Patrick's Day, a quick look at famous Irish poets visiting Chicago, with a nod to other newcomers whose poetry we have ...

“Dylan Thomas is Welsh, not Irish,” someone commented, anonymously. The only thing worse than being awake at 4 a.m. is ...

The readers to feature will include Cate Kennedy, Harry Nankin, Siobhán Robb, Joel Meadows, Phee Broadway, Dugald McLellan, ...

Using our patented one to four shamrock rating system (four being the most obvious, but also still awesome), here are our St.

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

What makes a good self-help book? The excellent book mentioned here is Philippa Perry’s The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read. Rebecca Watson’s column also contains mention of Cate Blanchett’s ...

Lisburn sisters, Mags White-O’Kane and Shirley-Anne McMillan are set to make an impact at this year’s Imagine! Belfast ...

My brother Noel Connor, who now lives in England and is also an artist and poet knew Seamus. My family lived in Plevna Street ...