Patrick Kavanagh, born on October 21, 1904, in Co Monaghan, became known as one of Ireland's greatest because of his unique ability to provide insights about country life in Ireland at the start ...

It was also recorded by Bobby Vinton (1964), Anne Murray (1981), and the Irish Rovers. This Christmas favorite was written as a poem by Dubliner, Cecil Frances Alexander. It was first published in ...

A warm flame brightens the winter darkness — the light comes from a humble candle in the window of an Irish home. It is ...

A Belfast hospice patient has inspired a revised version of the festive poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ as part of ...

Something fresh and new for Christmas. Could I really deliver that? Well, the reaction I’ve had to Star: Poems for the Christmas Season is encouraging on that score. I thought I had the measure ...

Dylan Thomas’s poetry was “in the ether” when Sheen was a child in Wales and he joked that rather than his mother, the very ...

Louth County Council recognised the poetic talents of schoolchildren across the county at the 'Greener Christmas Poetry Competition 2023' awards ceremony last week. The competition was part of ...