Poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi ‘remained engaged with the world outside’ up to the very end
Bilingual requiem Mass takes place at Our Lady of Dolours church in Glasnevin, Dublin
Máire Mhac an tSaoi obituary: acclaimed poet, critic and diplomat
An ‘enabling force’ for later Irish language women writers
Galway 2020 opening ceremony cancelled due to weather warnings
Year as European Capital of Culture had been due to start with fire spectacle
Imagining Home: Out of the Tradition review
The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words
Cúirt; Fish Short Story winners; Gavin Corbett at TCD; Cork World Book Fest
Dublin Shakespeare Society; Kevin Curran reading; All-Ireland Poetry Day; Trinity talk on Derry authors; hunger strike talk at UCD
Vincent Woods: Adam Goodes stands up to racists and bigots in sport
Culture of Aboriginals and Irish are intertwined in Australia
A third of 8,000 Irish J-1 students head for California
University of California Berkeley offers visiting J-1 students summer accommodation
Rory Gallagher studio marks 20 years since blues star’s death
Seminal guitarist’s music played live and featured simultaneously on Cork radio stations
The mini-revival of the Irish language
We are forever hearing about the imminent death of the Irish language, but there is a growing interest in the language worldwide, especially at third-level
Crubeens, creativity and commemorations at Cúirt literary festival
New plaques celebrating Yeats, ‘The Kasbah’ and Ó Conaire to be unveiled in Galway city
Joseph O’Neill and Irvine Welsh for Cúirt festival
Sara Baume and Colm Tóibín will also take part in this year’s literary event in Galway
Louis de Paor’s unsentimental poems lead to a fresh treatment of old material
Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise
President Higgins warns against any attempt to ‘erase the past’
New poetry trail in Letterfrack acknowledges history of former industrial school
Flying cows, spiralling elves and spicy feet among Baboró festival events in Galway
Clifden and Music For Galway programmes also published
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