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

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The following is an exploration of the poetry of Irish sayings and phrases ... than dead for the rest of your life." Irish language is also famous for its use of metaphors and allegories.

It has also produced many extraordinary women poets, including Nuala Ní Domhnaill and Eavan Boland. In collaboration with John J. Burns Library at Boston College, the Charitable Irish Society and the ...

Mourners included Irish President Michael D Higgins, South Belfast MP Clare Hanna, former North Down MP Lady Sylvia Hermon ...

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The headliner for the 47 th annual Evening of Irish Music and Poetry will be award-winning Irish poet, memoirist, and novelist Seán Hewitt. Hosted by the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society ...

Irish poet Michael Longley has died aged 85 ... who were victims of the violence in Northern Ireland. He said his most famous poem, Ceasefire, looks to Homer's great epic poem, The Iliad, as ...

The Irish word file - spelled F-I-L-E - means both poet and seer. Well, for Irish poet Padraig O Tuama, seeing the world through poetry is a calling, whether that's his own poetry or someone else's.

He was a member ofAosdána, the Irish association of distinguished artists. In 2021, a special room at Queen’s University Belfast was named the Longley room in honour of the poet and his wife.

Longley’s life and poetry were profoundly marked by the Troubles. His most famous poem, Ceasefire, was published in The Irish Times in 1994, shortly after the first IRA ceasefire, its closing ...