“The Oul’ McMahons’ Spade”, a 1973 epic by Matt Duggan, also features in McKeagney’s book, although its last verse implies ...

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Marianne Faithfull died Thursday in London at age 78. The singer, actress and 'It' girl of 1960s London inspired — or wrote — numerous Rolling Stones songs.

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Faithfull’s unflinching songs, adaptations and roller-coaster life illustrated her unapologetic approach. Described by Irish playwright ... other British Romantic poets, the backing music ...

Edited by Helen Phelan, Marie McCarthy and Nicholas Carolan, ‘Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Life in Music’ is a collection of essays, reflections and poems inspired by the musical life of the Mícheál Ó ...

CELEBRATIONS for the centenary year of poet Pádraic Fiacc’s birth ended on a high note with the launch a collection of bilingual poems.

This week there’s a children’s picture book, there a 10-step manual for improving mental wellbeing, there’s a new anthology ...

This latest book was published by Author House, and its settings may well be familiar to Cavan readers. Hag’s Mountain, ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...