William Meara is an adventure traveler and last year found himself at a friendly gathering at a house in Shushtar, Iran.When asked to perform his party piece after dinner, William treated his hosts to ...

A CELEBRATED 18th-century Gaelic poem, The Birlinn of Clanranald, can now be enjoyed in a vigorous new English version by Alan Riach. The poem, by… ...

Collector Robert Taylor not only acquired a first edition of the Gaelic poem cycle Fingal, published by James Macpherson in 1762 but also purchased a large watercolor by the British artist Richard ...

The poem When All The Others Were Away at Mass [from Clearances III - In Memoriam M.K.H., 1911-1984] by Seamus Heaney has been named Ireland's favourite poem of the last 100 years.

The first Gaelic poet has been appointed as Scotland's Makar. Lewis-born Peter Mackay says he is keen to use his new role as the national poet to champion his native tongue, but not at the expense ...

Mairi Mhor nan Oran - or Great Mary of the Songs - was a poet whose work demonstrated resistance to authority and hope and optimism for the Gaelic people. Now, 125 years after her death, she will ...

The first Gaelic poet has been appointed as Scotland's Makar. Lewis-born Peter Mackay says he is keen to use his new role as the national poet to champion his native tongue, but not at the expense ...

nothing – and that’s something! Pete Mullineaux's most recent collection is We are the Walrus (Salmon 2022). His environmental film-poem Careful What You Wish For Orangutan won the 2023 Home ...

This beautiful poem, "Death is Nothing at All", honoring the departed was adapted by Irish monks and make popular, used often at Irish funerals, the Carmelite monks in Tallow, County Waterford.

A new artwork is to be commissioned to celebrate a Gaelic poet whose poems highlighted the impact on rural communities of the Highland Clearances and Crofters' War. Màiri Mhòr nan Oran - Great ...