President Biden wears his Irish Catholic heritage on his sleeve — a fact that will be on full display during his visit to Ireland this coming week. The trip marks the 25th anniversary of the Good ...

FILE - Irish poet Seamus Heaney, center, displays his Nobel literature prize medal, surrounded by his family, after receiving it from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon will give a free reading on the Emory University campus on Feb. 22. Credit: Matt Valentine, courtesy Blue Flower Arts. Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet ...

Tickets are now on sale at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York for A Touch of the Poet, the tragic tale about the Irish immigrant experience. Irish Repertory Theatre, the award-winning ...

Irish poets Rita Ann Higgins (left) and Sinéad Morrissey will read at Emory on March 27 and April 3, respectively. Higgins photo from the Rita Ann Higgins papers, Rose Library at Emory University; ...

For centuries, the official history of Ireland was held in British archives, and the unfiltered Irish perspective was lost — except in its poetry and folk songs. For that reason, among others, poetry ...

About William Butler Yeats. William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a ...

Renowned Irish language poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi has died at the age of 99. Máire's family announced her death "with great sadness" in a statement. “Máire passed away peacefully at home on Saturday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, confer with top officials on current issues and honor his Irish ...