Renowned Irish language poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi has died at the age of 99. Máire's family announced her death "with great sadness" in a statement. “Máire passed away peacefully at home on Saturday ...

"While the medical corps has looked after our bodies, poets looked after many of our souls during lockdown." In difficult times the Irish psyche often finds comfort in the words of our poets. This ...

When Prince Charles paid a visit to Cork in Ireland in 2018, he quoted a poem by celebrated Irish poet Pádraig ” Tuama, who grew up in the city. When ” Tuama called his parents to tell them the ...

Dublin City Council has announced the 69 titles nominated for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award, one of the world's most prestigious prizes for a single work of fiction.

Traditional storytelling still underpins much of Irish literature, and a central figure in folklore is that of the Cailleach. She is a goddess associated with the land, winter, and with the otherworld ...

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.

A recent Georgetown graduate curated a new exhibition in Lauinger Library on renowned Irish poet Paul Muldoon. Chris Kenny’s (GRD ’23) “Paul Muldoon: The Joseph M. Hassett Collection,” which lies ...

An Irish poet with a substantial following on both sides of the Atlantic will be coming to Little Rock later this month to speak at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in Little Rock. Pádraig Ó Tuama will ...

For some, St. Patrick’s Day is a time to swill green beer and listen to the Pogues, Cranberries or Dropkick Murphy songs. And if you don’t mind the ensuing hangover, it might be fun, but there are ...

In some of his most important speeches over the course of a long career, Joe Biden has repeatedly quoted the work of Seamus Heaney, an Irish, Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright. And while ...