Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

From the mythology of Gráinne and Diarmuid to the poetry of Yeats and the songs of Van the Man, Ireland has long celebrated ...

Brigid was a goddess in ancient Irish mythology, known for her association with poetry, fertility, and the hearth. She was also considered the patron saint of arts and crafts and was said to be a ...

Ulster University has a strong record of research and holds plentiful resources in the fields of both Ulster Poetry and Irish Book History. As part of the Ulster Poetry Project, we at Ulster have ...

Perhaps most striking about this work is a kind of Dadaist playfulness rarely found in Irish poetry – perhaps closest would be the poems of Paul Durcan, with their absurdist propositions often ...

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." ...

Belfast-born writer Michael Longley has been remembered as “one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced” following his death aged 85. Tributes have been paid to the poet ...