The Irish Times

Poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi ‘remained engaged with the world outside’ up to the very end

Bilingual requiem Mass takes place at Our Lady of Dolours church in Glasnevin, Dublin

Fri Oct 22 2021 - 16:36

Máire Mhac an tSaoi obituary: acclaimed poet, critic and diplomat

An ‘enabling force’ for later Irish language women writers

Sun Oct 17 2021 - 18:30

Galway 2020 opening ceremony cancelled due to weather warnings

Year as European Capital of Culture had been due to start with fire spectacle

Sat Feb 08 2020 - 10:58

Imagining Home: Out of the Tradition review

The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 13:11

Cúirt; Fish Short Story winners; Gavin Corbett at TCD; Cork World Book Fest

Dublin Shakespeare Society; Kevin Curran reading; All-Ireland Poetry Day; Trinity talk on Derry authors; hunger strike talk at UCD

Thu Mar 31 2016 - 14:36

Vincent Woods: Adam Goodes stands up to racists and bigots in sport

Culture of Aboriginals and Irish are intertwined in Australia

Sat Aug 08 2015 - 02:00

A third of 8,000 Irish J-1 students head for California

University of California Berkeley offers visiting J-1 students summer accommodation

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 18:06

Rory Gallagher studio marks 20 years since blues star’s death

Seminal guitarist’s music played live and featured simultaneously on Cork radio stations

Sun Jun 14 2015 - 13:39

The mini-revival of the Irish language

We are forever hearing about the imminent death of the Irish language, but there is a growing interest in the language worldwide, especially at third-level

Mon Apr 27 2015 - 16:15

Crubeens, creativity and commemorations at Cúirt literary festival

New plaques celebrating Yeats, ‘The Kasbah’ and Ó Conaire to be unveiled in Galway city

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 01:00

Joseph O’Neill and Irvine Welsh for Cúirt festival

Sara Baume and Colm Tóibín will also take part in this year’s literary event in Galway

Wed Mar 11 2015 - 16:33

Louis de Paor’s unsentimental poems lead to a fresh treatment of old material

Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise

Sat Oct 25 2014 - 00:34

President Higgins warns against any attempt to ‘erase the past’

New poetry trail in Letterfrack acknowledges history of former industrial school

Sat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00

Flying cows, spiralling elves and spicy feet among Baboró festival events in Galway

Clifden and Music For Galway programmes also published

Tue Sept 09 2014 - 01:04