A collection of Irish sayings often read more like poetry than anything else. Here are ten unique Irish phrases that resonate down through the years. When God made the Irish, he made them poetic.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

Irish president Michael D. Higgins called him “a peerless poet” and wrote the following in a public statement: Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ...

Celebrate the Fanny Parnell Poetry Project in Bordentown on Feb. 1 with poetry, Irish music, open mic, and support for Old ...

Her poems have been published by OFI Press, Obsessed With Pipework, Skylight47, Boyne Berries, Saolta Arts and broadcast on RTÉ radio. Nollaig is working towards a first collection. Rowan’s ...

Mourners included Irish President Michael D Higgins, South Belfast MP Clare Hanna, former North Down MP Lady Sylvia Hermon ...

It has also produced many extraordinary women poets, including Nuala Ní Domhnaill and Eavan Boland. In collaboration with John J. Burns Library at Boston College, the Charitable Irish Society and the ...

“This would make them an independent user of the language. That is ambition. But we have an inflexible system where, if ...

This weekend’s Irish Times Eason offer is Displeasure Island by Alice Bell, just €5.99, a €6 saving. Actor Anthony Boyle has been added to the cast of Three Ages of Yeats, a Dead Poets Live ...

A 12-year-old Co Donegal lad had a poem about peace between Orange and Green read by the Irish President only months before ...