In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ...

And yet Allingham’s most ambitious work, the epic poem Laurence Bloomfield, was a portrait of the much troubled Ireland as a whole, circa 1864. Describing an idealistic young landlord’s return home ...

This St. Patrick's Day, expand your palate by sampling some underrated Irish whiskey! These are the best options to try, according to the experts.

A ring linked to a 19th century Scottish geologist which was found on a South ... he went on to become a renowned Victorian intellectual who was remembered as the “supreme poet of geology” in 2002 at ...

19th Century American Poets: Whittier, Garrison & the Anti-Slavery Movement Posted: March 16, 2025 | Last updated: March 16, 2025 The film depicts the life of John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker ...

On Friday, we will publish numbers 50 to 26 and on Saturday we will reveal the top 25 Irish fiction titles of the century so far. The novel that arose from a Facebook page sharing real-life ...

Boland, who died in 2020, was one of the foremost women in Irish literature, publishing many collections of poetry ... as a 21st century library, the name change to this unique library building ...

A fluent speaker of Irish, he wrote plays, short stories and a newspaper column for the Evening Press in addition to his poetry. A number of his works written for adults were adapted for ­RTÉ ...

“Eavan Boland’s poetry helped write women back into history,” Mary Robinson, Ireland’s first female ... it was named after the renowned 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley.

The Irish language, also known as Gaelic or Gaelige, is a Celtic language that has a rich and fascinating history. The origins of the Irish language can be traced back to the 4th century AD ...

we have had a go at selecting the best Ireland XV from players who have worn the green jersey this century. We have taken into account longevity, peak, and all-round game – so there is method ...