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 ...

The Irish tradition has long been that on Nollaig na mBan, this final day of the busy Christmas season, women get to put ...

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 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 ...

The work of a singular Irish poet is celebrated in this welcome compendium of classic Durcan poems, drawn from an ouvere containing over 20 acclaimed collections - listen to him read Nessa below ...

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 ...