These poems take their sincerity as a given: they are rapturous, melancholic, dismayed or angry just as they declare ...

Renowned Irish language poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi has died at the age of 99. Máire's family announced her death "with great sadness" in a statement. “Máire passed away peacefully at home on ...

Paul Muldoon and Kamala Sankaram’s new opera Custom of the Coast gives voice to Halappanavar and Bonny in powerful narratives ...

President Biden's penchant for Irish poetry is likely to come through during his upcoming visit to the Emerald Isle, where he'll mark the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, confer with top officials on current issues and honor his Irish ...

FILE - Irish poet Seamus Heaney, center, displays his Nobel literature prize medal, surrounded by his family, after receiving it from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Concert Hall in ...