Latest articles about Eavan Boland
The Frontier of Writing: A Study of Seamus Heaney’s Prose edited by Ian Hickey and Eugene O’Brien; Citizen Poet: New & Selected Essays by Eavan Boland; Questioning Ireland by Thomas McCarthy
Even at a time of much cross-fertilisation between the literary and journalistic worlds, it was a brave and radical idea to run a regular creative-writing page in a daily newspaper. In pursuing this, David Marcus nurtured many young talents
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Which women should have places, streets or structures around Ireland named after them? We would like to hear your thoughts
Some argue that removing George Berkeley’s name is an ahistorical imposition of contemporary values on the complexities of the past
Trinity College Dublin this week announced the library would be renamed after the celebrated Irish poet
Names and their meanings are philosophically complex. It would be unwise to re-name everything called after a figure whose troubling personal legacy comes to light. The TCD library was different
Book shows that even as Ireland has changed, its biggest problems remain ‘deep-rooted and historical’
Our series celebrating 50 years of women’s writing surveys the fiction, poetry and nonfiction of the early 1980s
To mark Nollaig na mBan, Alan Hayes salutes the life and legacy of the poet and feminist pioneer
More choice and fewer questions give students ‘vast desert’ of time in well-received exam
Review: Druid’s chronicle of Eavan Boland’s life and work overlooks myriad possibilities
Bord Pleanála approves plans following objections from authors, poets and An Taisce
Geraldine Byrne-Nason’s preparations will intensify soon for January start
The late poet was the supreme archivist of hidden histories
Joe Duffy can’t believe his luck – er, sorry, ears – when callers splutter about Normal People
Poet, who returned last month from teaching at Stanford University, suffered a stroke
Brendan Gleeson, Eavan Boland, John Creedon and others pass on advice during this uncertain time
Sinéad Morrissey, John Banville and fellow writers salute a great man and a great poet
The Year in Review: Young Offenders and Red Rock among our television favourites
The ending of the ban on women voting and standing for election is being celebrated across the country
Opera version of the ‘Odyssey’ and an open-air Shakespeare production will run in August
Treated as mere consumers, we are forced into a cult of predictable values
No unpleasant surprises in an exam which asserts the importance of literature
Royal Irish Academy admits 28 new members
Kinsella’s oeuvre includes some of the finest longer meditative sequences by any contemporary Irish poet
‘On Christmas Eve there was always a sherry reception for the customers’
TV Review: Excellent documentary uncovers the impetus behind Boland’s poems
Josepha Madigan said the idealism of revolutionary generation was not fulfilled
Artists played a vital role in the State's formation and since independence have held it to account
Two days into the exam, Lauren Conway is getting into her study groove
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
