Advertisement
GAA
Soccer
Rugby
Golf
Racing
More
More
Upgrade
Subscribe
Sign in
Subscribe to The 42
Unlock unlimited access
See sport differently with our news, analysis, podcasts and storytelling
More Sports
Fitness
MMA
Other
Sport Features
Rugby Weekly
Editor's Picks
Quizzes
Behind the Lines
Partner Publications
TheJournal.ie
The latest Irish and international breaking news, reports and coverage
Noteworthy
A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see
Subscribe now
Subscribe to The 42
Unlock unlimited access
See sport differently with our news, analysis, podcasts and storytelling
More Sports
Fitness
MMA
Other
Sport Features
Rugby Weekly
Editor's Picks
Quizzes
Behind the Lines
Partner Publications
TheJournal.ie
The latest Irish and international breaking news, reports and coverage
Noteworthy
A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see
Subscribe now
#
Poetry
Advertisement
Last year
2023
Voices
Tony Duffin: Shane MacGowan was more than a Fairytale…
Tony Duffin
Updated 30 Nov 2023
12.5k
7
All time
Test Yourself
Quiz: How well do you know Seamus Heaney?
16 Oct 2022
24.3k
14
tributes
President leads tributes to 'two great poets' Mhac an tSaoi and Kennelly
18 Oct 2021
9.5k
3
RIP
Celebrated poet Brendan Kennelly dies aged 85
17 Oct 2021
43.0k
19
young writers
The Irish Read: Four young writers share their poetry
11 Jul 2021
9.1k
2
Voices
Opinion: Yeats' poetry helped shape Ireland and appears on the Leaving Cert - now the Yeats Society is under threat
Susan O’Keeffe
17 Jun 2021
12.5k
14
Poetry
American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature
8 Oct 2020
10.9k
3
English
Quiz: Can you name these Leaving Cert poets from their poems?
30 Apr 2020
44.6k
21
chapter and verse
'For what they love, they both put down a gun' - The GAA's place in Irish poetry
30 Apr 2020
4.7k
0
Poetry
'Finding a voice, where they found a vision': Eavan Boland's powerful voice for women is remembered
28 Apr 2020
8.7k
2
RIP
'The foremost female poet of her generation': Eavan Boland has died aged 75
Updated 27 Apr 2020
49.1k
17
Covid-19
'My sister is not a statistic': High emotion on Liveline as woman recites poem for her deceased sister
14 Apr 2020
41.8k
15
Let's Get Quizzical
Quiz: How well do you know your Irish poetry?
6 Apr 2020
40.6k
12
Wintering Out
The story behind the Seamus Heaney quote guiding people through the Covid-19 crisis
5 Apr 2020
142k
17
The Luckiest Guy Alive
John Cooper Clarke: 'I heard on the news that Bono's leather pants were robbed, so I put it to rhyme'
3 Mar 2019
22.7k
16
seeing things
Seamus Heaney letters, diaries and manuscripts on display to the public from tomorrow
5 Jul 2018
8.3k
7
randomer
'This country has been so unloved. People go on about 800 years of oppression, it's 800 years of rejection'
18 Mar 2018
29.3k
28
Voices
Varadkar admitting he wasn't fully aware of Kerry Babies shows importance of retelling our stories
Annemarie Ni Churreain
20 Jan 2018
17.1k
38
i will arise and go now
Old Georgian House to be transformed into new home for Irish poetry... and it has some major backers
14 Jan 2018
23.8k
34
Writing
'My teacher told me not to get my hopes of an A in the Junior Cert up - now I'm on the syllabus'
19 Aug 2017
37.4k
22
Save the Date
A Maze in Cork, a Firestorm in Clare and a VR party in Offaly: Culture Night is back
9 Aug 2017
15.1k
6
Voices
'I think people understanding that they aren't alone in their torment has a healing element to it'
Shane Koyczan.
14 May 2017
777
6
hennessy awards
'Crouched Burial': An award-winning poem before bedtime
29 Mar 2017
10.8k
6
Voices
'The Quilt': A poem before bedtime
Marie Heaney
29 Oct 2016
1.2k
12
lingo festival
"Art's job is to question the status quo, not to ever accept it" - Spoken word and social change
20 Oct 2016
4.7k
6
highly commended
15 memories every Irish person has of the Feis
11 Aug 2016
4.9k
Voices
'One way of healing yourself is to own your story': Growing up in an abusive home
Connie Robberts
1 Aug 2016
869
14
dead and gone
Yeats didn't come up in the English exam yesterday and the Leaving Certs are RAGING
10 Jun 2016
11.0k
4
Poetry
10 words that just sound better in a Monaghan accent
8 May 2016
23.8k
world poetry day
12 school poetry memories that are too real for Irish people
21 Mar 2016
11.3k
2
Take a Break
Get ready for an avalanche of Chinese poetry on the Dart this fortnight
2 Feb 2016
6.7k
14
lingo festival
"There are a lot of dead poets on tea towels in tourist shops - this is about live poetry"
15 Oct 2015
6.6k
3
tich miller
How Well Do You Remember Junior Cert Poetry?
8 Oct 2015
9.7k
9
Earth Shatter-ing
7 reasons why Alan Shatter is like no other politician
19 Aug 2015
37.3k
122
look again
Everyone is sharing this poem with an uplifting hidden meaning
22 Jul 2015
9.9k
4
quite the character
Alan Shatter's been having a pop at the Twitterati. Via the medium of poetry.
9 Jul 2015
9.5k
50
come on eilean
Every Leaving Cert has the same prayer about tomorrow's English Paper II
3 Jun 2015
8.7k
2
Poetry
This Enda Kenny Instagram comment is the greatest Instagram comment of all time
17 May 2015
9.7k
3
irish school books
Look at these old Inter Cert Irish schoolbooks
30 Jan 2015
10.6k
4
Radio 1
"Just damn the consequences and see what happens": Rick O'Shea on his new poetry show
23 Jan 2015
17.4k
20
1
2
3
Next Articles
Report an error, omission or problem:
Message:
Your Email (optional)
Submit
Create Email Alert
Create an email alert based on the current article
Email Address
One email every morning
As soon as new articles come online
Submit
Sign in
or create
a free account
To continue reading create a
free account
Or sign into an existing account