Author Giles Foden: ‘Cromwell by Brendan Kennelly was a big influence on The Last King of Scotland’
The author on his Irish literary influences, Paul Muldoon’s tear-inducing poetry, and flat-capped gombeens
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Poet Paul Muldoon: ‘My dad, a market gardener, was a guy who could barely write his own name’
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, academic and musician Paul Muldoon on growing up in a nationalist family in Co Armagh, life in Belfast during the Troubles and moving to the US
The Guide: Girls Aloud, Eric Clapton, Muldoon’s Picnic and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
May 11th-17th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast – Deliciously intimate conversations between the Beatle and Paul Muldoon
Podcast review: An extraordinary audio journey featuring find after glorious find by Paul McCartney
Eddie Linden obituary: A true literary representative of the islands of Britain and Ireland
From unhappy beginnings, he finally found his place as a champion and publisher of a glittering and eclectic assortment of poets
Paul Muldoon proposed as parliamentary poet laureate
Poetry Ireland made the suggestion after news emerged of discussions about appointing poet to write verse for use in Dáil, Seanad and at State events
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire: 250 years of Ireland’s touchstone love poem
Lament for Art O’Leary, which Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill wrote for her murdered husband on May 4th, 1773, is still hugely powerful
The late Frank Callanan has his final say on Joyce and Ulysses
TV review: RTÉ’s 100 Years of Ulysses is a fitting swansong for the barrister and scholar
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Paul Muldoon: ‘There are great writers who never win anything’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet spoke at the Irish Times Winter Nights Festival
Winter Nights 2022: Irish Times festival includes Brian O’Driscoll, Helen McEntee, David Baddiel
Join international guests and our top journalists for four nights of debate and discussion
New York’s Irish Arts Center gets a new lease of life
The centre’s new home is on the site of an old tyre shop in Hell’s Kitchen
Paul McCartney on loving John Lennon, the Beatles break-up and his Irish family
It’s a big misconception ‘that I broke The Beatles up … Once a headline is out it sticks’
Paul McCartney to reveal unseen Beatles lyrics in new book written with Irish poet Paul Muldoon
The Lyrics will feature a ‘self-portrait’ in 154 songs, including the unrecorded Tell Me Who He Is
Best Place to Live in Ireland 2021: ‘Gorgeous’ Co Monaghan village leads the nominations
Amid the 373 entries so far, just three counties (Armagh, Fermanagh, Laois) don't feature yet
House in Joyce’s The Dead to be turned into hostel despite Tóibín appeal
Bord Pleanála approves plans following objections from authors, poets and An Taisce
Irish actors and writers sign petition against sale of historic Fifth Avenue building
American Irish Historical Society represents ‘struggles and success of Irish ancestors’
A symbol of Irish America teeters in New York
The American Irish Historical Society’s sale of its mansion exposes apparently deep problems
Irish authors, actors call for American Irish Historical Society building to be kept
Liam Neeson, Colm Tóibín sign letter asking that Fifth Avenue building not be sold
On the Ball, Off the Wall – Frank McNally on the mysterious origins of a Dublin phrase
An Irishman’s Diary
Irish painter’s estate includes unpublished Heaney poem
Cambridge University pays ‘six-figure sum’ for material belonging to late Barrie Cooke
Let’s have a competition for a new national anthem
Militaristic, nationalistic language of Amhrán na bhFiann will have to go
New ad campaign seeks to double North’s tourism income to £2bn
Attractions from Titanic Belfast to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace are set to play leading role in campaign to woo more tourists over the next decade
Lou Reed the rock poet: When should songs be considered poetry?
Dylan, Patti Smith, Gil Scott-Heron and Lou Reed wrote song-poems that transcended pop, and bands such as Fontaines DC are keeping rock and poetry in perfect rhyme
Ciaran Carson obituary: Gifted poet who drew the streets of Belfast with his words
Prominent member of ‘Belfast Group’ of poets which included Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley and Paul Muldoon
‘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
What will public service media look like in five years’ time?
Government must face new realities when replacing TV licence with broadcasting charge
Second-generation Irish: ‘We were outsiders among the English – and the Irish too’
Ian Duhig’s parents emigrated to England in the 1950s in search of a better life. In this essay, he looks at growing up under the influence of Ireland and never feeling quite at home
From Beckett to A Christmas Carol, but not the Gate Theatre as we know it
Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre
Paul Muldoon: On My Culture Radar
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet on his love of Derry Girls, Glen Hansard’s new album and Etto
Joe Duffy draws out another harrowing tale, knowing it is radio gold
Radio Review: After initial gruffness, Duffy grows genuinely concerned for his guest
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