Some of Kavanagh's most famous works include "On Raglan Road," the long, once-banned poem "The Great Hunger," and the semi-autobiographical novel "Tarry Flynn." He died on November 30, 1967 ...
“A Visit From St. Nicholas” is the beginning of modern Christmas, a manuscript specialist at Christie’s said. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at a copy of ...
Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Karan Singh Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays ...
As Houlihan acknowledged in 2011: “Seamus Kelly, Quidnunc in The Irish Times, gave us the occasional mention and we were delighted.” But not all columnists were as generous, apparently.
And yet it was in the wake of this terrible slaughter that the young priest, Fr Joseph Mohr, wrote his poem Silent Night, which was to become a world-famous carol. Out of the darkness of those grim ...