The Irish have a rich tradition of storytelling and poetry, with their language full ... For example, "A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything" reflects the importance ...

“For a long time,” writes Kathleen Jamie in her afterword to The Keelie Hawk (Picador £12.99), “I’ve wanted to write a suite ...

Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

The day began at 5.45am with a reading of ... at a time when the Irish poet was thought to have been searching for lasting beauty in a changing world. Zaffar Kunial's poem Prayer recalls his ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers in Northern Ireland and, for some, the English-reading world. Longley’s ...