The publication of “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” is an occasion to celebrate the Nobel Prize winning poet whose work extends Ireland’s extraordinary literary lineage. Heaney takes his place alongside ...

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I thought that this month I would share with you a few reflections on a subject which has brought me endless pleasure throughout my lifetime – ...

You have to give the same present to everyone for the rest of your life. What is it? A book. Maybe a Seamus Heaney. I like to ...

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Tolkien used his scholarly familiarity with ancient storytelling modes to create a a world so vast it spills off of the page.

The Poetry Aloud competition final was held at the National Library of Ireland on Tuesday, December 16. Portlaoise College student Tadgh Smith and Scoil Chríost Rí Portlaoise student Myah Walker have ...