Gerard Smyth

Gerard Smyth

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Gerard Smyth is Poetry Editor of The Irish Times, responsible for choosing the Saturday poem in the books pages.

A poem for Bloomsday: Brighton Square 1882

To mark the centenary of James Joyce’s Ulysses, a poem about his birthplace

Two poets, one city: Thomas Kinsella, Eavan Boland and Dublin

Festival event to celebrate the special way the capital became central in their poetry

Great ‘Shakes’ – Gerard Smyth on Jack Hoey and the Dublin Shakespeare Society

An Irishman’s Diary

Thomas Kinsella, one of Ireland’s finest poets, has died, aged 93

Poetry editor Gerard Smyth salutes a poet renowned for The Táin and Butcher’s Dozen

‘A man of contradictions’: Bob Dylan turns 80

American history and sprawling geography, has been central to musician as a poet and songwriter

Rattling the chains – Gerard Smyth on Austin Clarke

An Irishman’s Diary

A portrait of the artist as poet – An Irishman’s Diary on James Joyce

Biden saluted Joyce the poet

Derek Mahon, one of Ireland’s leading poets, has died, aged 78

His poem, Everything is Going to be All Right, captured the national mood during the pandemic

Isolation, a poem by Gerard Smyth

Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin wins Irish Times Poetry Now award

Former Ireland professor of poetry wins €2,000 prize for The Mother House

Easy and Slow – An Irishman’s Diary on Bob Dylan and a Dublin ballad

Six named on ‘Irish Times’ Poetry Now award shortlist

Prize worth €2,000 will be presented as part of Mountains-to-Sea dlr book festival

A poem for Christmas

The City Clocks, by Gerard Smyth

Noted Irish poet Macdara Woods dies at age 76

Work of almost five decades adds up to a life-long unitary project of great coherence

A painter’s eye – An Irishman’s Diary on Seán McSweeney