John Montague: A Poet’s Life by Adrian Frazier: ‘ruthless intimacy’
Adrian Frazier’s no-holds-barred biography of the American-born Irish poet acknowledges the cost of a life turned ‘into the achievement of poetry’
John Montague
Claddagh records relaunched after deal with Universal Music Ireland
Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive
Black and white issue – Frank McNally on badgers, balcony scenes, and onomastic recycling
An Irishman’s Diary
Irish painter’s estate includes unpublished Heaney poem
Cambridge University pays ‘six-figure sum’ for material belonging to late Barrie Cooke
Richard Weber: An acclaimed Irish poet who suddenly went silent
Obituary: The Dublin man was predicted to be ‘one of the significant poets of his generation’
Rings bring Claddagh Records story full circle
Claddagh rings from Garech Browne’s collection feature in a forthcoming Sotheby’s sale. Jane Bolton who helped Browne set up Claddagh Records is still running the Temple Bar shop today
This Valentine’s Day show your love with these vintage tokens
Gifts with meaning, history and thought are an alternative to flowers and chocolates
Talk about it: Art and architecture talks in Dublin and Cork
From Augustus Pugin to French postcards, a guide to lectures taking place this autumn
Nice’s new normal: Feeling its way back after 2016 attack
Lara Marlowe reports from the Promenade des Anglais, now possibly the world’s safest seafront
The deepest of human longing: A crucible of reason strengthens faith
Notre Dame-Newman Centre project aims to honour legacy of inquiry
My Leaving: Sweating over which poet will turn up
I loved ‘King Lear’, and I can only hope I’ve given the examiners what they’re looking for
Leaving Cert English paper 2: Relief as predicted poets appear
No unpleasant surprises in an exam which asserts the importance of literature
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken down
Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects
‘One solace I have had over the past terrible year is the knowledge that John was – and is – deeply loved’
Few could touch the quick of things as John Montague did in his verses
A visit to Luggala: What sets the Guinness Gothic Revival house apart is its cosiness
Bohemians rhapsodise about it and high society have always loved the magical estate in Wicklow
Fintan O’Toole’s cultural highlights: ‘A great year for the elderly’
Culture review 2016: Seanad National Museum land grab shows depths of philistinism in our political culture
Diarmaid Ferriter: Creative Ireland must heal a historic rift
Since the foundation of the State, its relationship with the arts has been ambiguous
John Montague remembered at funeral as poet of ‘wonder’
‘He would carry words through the noise of domesticity to drop them safely onto the page’
John Montague: a bright day dimmed
Montague and his poetic idiom were shaped by his childhood in Tyrone
John Montague: A noble procession of poems has passed out of Irish life
Ulster poet had a ‘dramatic, engaged, fruitful literary life right to the end of his days’
Another high tree felled: Irish poets salute John Montague
Paul Muldoon, Eavan Boland, his publisher Peter Fallon and a host of poets and academics pay tribute to a great Irish writer
President says Montague death ‘another great loss to Irish letters’
Higgins heard news ‘with sorrow’, describing him as ‘one of our finest poets’
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards winning authors revealed
Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones is novel of the year. Winners include Marian Keyes, Graham Norton, Paul Howard, Paul O’Connell and Tana French
Family of Seamus Heaney open centre dedicated to late poet
£4.25m Bellaghy facility a permanent exhibition about life and work of Nobel Laureate
Poet plays peacemaker as Montague’s adopted Nice is torn apart
John Montague and Elizabeth Wassell are heartbroken over the attack in Nice
Book collecting: ‘People get a feeling for a book and they must have it’
‘First Editions’ in Dublin’s Ballsbridge is a popular destination for book lovers
Punching above our weight: Poetry magazine turns Chicago green again
25 poets in special Irish issue of ‘Poetry’ are worthy of international exposure, says Patrick Cotter
Literary listings: Merriman Summer School, Yeats in Dublin, and Rebellion at Stinging Fly
A round-up of upcoming events in the books world
John Montague on Christine Dwyer Hickey: ‘a rich and varied oeuvre’
One of Ireland’s finest poets reviews the career of our Book Club author, from Tatty to The Lives of Women: 'her work sustains a voice, and evokes a place, with exceptional control'
Leaving Cert English 2: Most user-friendly choice 'in decades’
Higher level exam judged to be a good test of students’ abilities overall
New John Montague poem published to mark Poetry Day Ireland
‘Bird Boy’ by acclaimed Irish poet is published as part of national poetry day, which features 50 events around the country
Crubeens, creativity and commemorations at Cúirt literary festival
New plaques celebrating Yeats, ‘The Kasbah’ and Ó Conaire to be unveiled in Galway city
Master printer who passed on old skills and traditions
Conrad Devlin: September 19th, 1935 - October 19th, 2014
100 years of John Berryman
The centenary of the American poet, admirer of WB Yeats and one-time Dublin resident, is marked by the publication of two books and a conference in the city
De Gaulle’s Irish roots traced to Co Down clan with military prowess
Paris Letter: researchers trace ‘last great Frenchman’ to McCartan family
Michael D Higgins granted Freedom of the City of Cork
President recalls family links with Leeside at a ceremony attended by several hundred
Warm celebration at IMMA of life of artist Patrick Scott
‘Such a pleasant man you could forget he was a genius’
Author Maeve Binchy estate valued at €10 million
Best-selling novelist and playright was one of Ireland’s most recognisable writers
Abstract expressionist artist Barrie Cooke dies in Co Carlow
Painter was based in Ireland since 1954 and was a leading contemporary artist
Obituary: Heaney ‘the most important Irish poet since Yeats’
His books sold and continue to sell in the tens of thousands, while hordes of ‘Heaneyboppers’ flocked to his readings
Beckett is back: ‘It’s entirely unfair that he is seen as alien or grim’
So says Happy Days festival director Seán Doran of Beckett. Doran’s aim is to break new ground, and with the celebration of the playwright in Enniskillen he has pulled that off
Grow old, know less, say nothing and hear more
When meeting old friends, there are times when things are best left unsaid
Corbett wins Irish Novel of the Year award at Listowel
’This is the Way’ takes €15,000 Kerry Group Award at literary festival
From grassroots demonstrations to a bloodshot bullfinch
John McAuliffe reviews new poetry from Greg Delanty, Matthew Sweeney, Martin Dyar and Rebecca O’Connor
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