Caoilfhin is a 20-year-old aspiring writer and poet from Co Kerry. She is studying English at the University of Galway.

A Scottish schoolgirl in remission from leukaemia is one of five youngsters chosen as the inspiration for a poem about ...

Today’s poem is from Aifric Mac Aodha’s new collection, Old Friends (Gallery Press) ...

For both, prose may offer an earnest way of trying to think about (and possibly answer) questions posed by poems. “We were all young once… and full of religious zeal to save Irish poetry from ...

The second was the controversy over the Abbey production of The Playboy of the Western World - 'there were reasons for ...

The Irish Department currently runs two taught postgraduate courses. Postgraduate Diploma in Old Irish MPhil in Medieval Irish (incorporating Early Irish and Classical Modern Irish) In the academic ...

Are we ready for the holiday season, folks? Because from here on out it’s the time you’ll have sounds to hear and choose from ...

Whether you’re looking to soothe your mind, ignite your inner rebel or make your heart sing, poetry offers something for every day and every mood. As Dylan Thomas said, “poetry is what in a poem makes ...

Melida Rodas recalls life as an immigrant and remembers those who inspired her journey to being named Jersey City's new poet ...

What mesmerizes me is the symbolism of this simple plant with single stalks balancing cotton-like flowers, that remind me of a hare’s tail, or an old ... the Irish psyche.” His bog poems ...

Letts' poems are a joy to sing. It is almost as though they were written to be sung.' Singer, artist and educator Aileen ...