The Irish Times

Retracing an 80-year-old journey along the river Shannon

Richard Hayward’s travel book gave a unique insight into rural Ireland of the 1930s

Wed Sept 23 2020 - 05:00

‘In-between places’ will decide who becomes the next US president

America Letter: US landscape is defined by small towns and cities – so too is its politics

Fri Sept 18 2020 - 20:00

‘Ciaran Carson drew Belfast better than anyone I ever read’

Sinéad Morrissey, John Banville and fellow writers salute a great man and a great poet

Mon Oct 07 2019 - 17:20

Watch Loah reading One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop: ‘The art of losing isn’t hard to master’

The singer has recorded the poem as part of a series for Poetry Day Ireland 2019

Wed May 01 2019 - 06:00

Leaving Cert diary: ‘My hand was going dead after three hours’

Seán Flanagan is delighted and exhausted after two days of writing like a maniac

Fri Jun 10 2016 - 01:00

Leaving Cert English: Detail on Paul Durcan a challenge in an hour

Relief as contemporary Irish poet appears but teacher queries range required

Fri Jun 10 2016 - 01:00

Irish voices to a Chinese ear

A young Chinese poet delighted by the contemporary Irish poetry scene.

Sat Jan 23 2016 - 17:03

Poetic beasts: rhyming cats and dogs

Poets find fruitful focus in writing about their domestic pets, says Maureen Kennelly

Sat Nov 07 2015 - 00:37

100 years of John Berryman

The centenary of the American poet, admirer of WB Yeats and one-time Dublin resident, is marked by the publication of two books and a conference in the city

Sat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00

Previously unpublished writer wins Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award

Cork librarian kept his poetry to himself ‘mainly because I did not think it was up to standard’

Sat Sept 27 2014 - 11:13

Flannery O’Connor was ‘possibly the most theologically alert writer of the 20th century’

Opinion: She felt a strong solidarity and compassion for searching unbelievers

Tue Jul 29 2014 - 00:01

Brought to Book: Gerald Dawe on the joy of getting a book in place and the anxiety after

`Use it or lose it'

Thu Jul 10 2014 - 11:30

Word for Word: ‘Tax workers’ with a fine line in poetry

Some poets are so embarrassed to say what they do that they’d rather tell people they work for Revenue

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00

Samuel Beckett’s forgotten story, finally published after 80 years: Echo’s Bones

Review: Rejected in 1933 as a nightmare, Beckett’s story in fact is clean fun, witty but not vulgar

Sat May 24 2014 - 01:00

Sigh of relief as Sylvia Plath returns in triumph for higher level English paper 2

The much-anticipated Plath question was described as a “gem”

Thu Jun 06 2013 - 20:05