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Leavers realise EU exit in March without a transition period would be catastrophic
Handwritten version of Francis Ledwidge’s most famous poem set for auction
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David McGrane recalls his colourful career at the Grafton Street institution
Francis Ledwidge has ‘peculiarly contemporary relevance’ in Ireland
Trinity academic calls for greater understanding of poet killed in first World War
One hundred years on, Ireland, Britain and Belgium share Messines commemoration
Standard-bearers struggle to hold up their colours on windswept hillside
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Two paintings of significant Irish interest at Bonhams, London, 19th century art sale
Delayed honour: the Irish war poets
The politics they returned to meant it is only in recent years that the stories of the Irish men and women who died – and wrote – in the Great War have been heard
Ballads of boys: recalling two war poets who lived and died in parallel
Europe Letter: Irish writer Francis Ledwidge and Welsh poet Hedd Wyn were both killed in action 97 years ago today
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