Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

Paul Durcan obituary: Being a poet was all consuming for him

Being a poet was all consuming for him. His main pursuit in life, it defined his everyday interactions

Fri May 23 2025 - 09:58

David Marcus: Editing Ireland, edited by Paul Delaney and Deirdre Madden: Rich miscellany of poems, stories and reminiscences

This centenary compilation pays tribute to the pre-eminent editor’s mission to enhance and uphold Ireland’s literary culture

Sat Nov 09 2024 - 05:00

The Map of the World by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: the earthly and the cosmic

Themes of migration, loss, place and displacement run throughout this latest collection of poetry

Sat Nov 18 2023 - 00:00

In the 1980s I loved many men. I’d completely overlooked the women

Our series celebrating 50 years of women’s writing surveys the fiction, poetry and nonfiction of the early 1980s

Mon Jun 19 2023 - 05:30

Second Voyages: Writers on Poems by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

This personal anthology of her poems offers readers the chance to be changed 50 times over. Think of it as the annual that should be in every reader’s stocking this Christmas

Tue Dec 13 2022 - 04:31

Fall rising - On harvest moons and other happenings

An Irishman’s Diary

Wed Sept 22 2021 - 18:30

Fastnet 1979: Paintings and poems mark disaster’s anniversary

Artworks on light keeper and lighthouse used to mark 40 years since ill-fated race

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 19:32

My Leaving: Sweating over which poet will turn up

I loved ‘King Lear’, and I can only hope I’ve given the examiners what they’re looking for

Thu Jun 07 2018 - 20:13

Leaving Cert English paper 2: Relief as predicted poets appear

No unpleasant surprises in an exam which asserts the importance of literature

Thu Jun 07 2018 - 19:24

And then there were five: Poetry Now shortlist announced

Four women and one man will vie for this year’s €2,000 best Irish collection prize

Thu Jan 21 2016 - 06:00

Leaving Cert English 2: Most user-friendly choice 'in decades’

Higher level exam judged to be a good test of students’ abilities overall

Thu Jun 04 2015 - 17:30

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