Irish poetry

The Ephemera poem is the last on my list of Irish love poems. I started with a list of 12 Irish love poems, and it has been fun learning and …

Welcome back to yet another incredible Irish poem. This week is the Irish poem “The Planter’s Daughter” by Austin Clarke. The poem comes in at 26 on the top 100 …

I am back again with another top Irish poem. Just like you, I don’t know everything there is to know about Irish poetry. But I do find going through these …

Another top Irish poem! This week it is number 46 from the poet Austin Clarke.  Who was Austin Clarke? Austin Clarke (Irish: Aibhistín Ó Cléirigh) was a famous Irish poet …

What “a pint of plain is your only man” means, where Flann O’Brien’s comic poem The Workman’s Friend comes from, and the Dublin plain porter behind the line.

This week’s Irish poem comes in at number 86 in the top 100 Irish poems list.  A very powerful poem in which Michael Hartnett says goodbye to his grandmother. In …

Another top Irish poem. This one is ranked number 82: A Drover, by Padraic Colum  Padraic Colum appears quite regularly on the top 100 Irish poems. In fact, his Irish …

Well, this week from my list of top 100 Irish poems I picked number 23 titled “The Great Hunger”. Keep in mind I know very little about Irish poetry and …

A chronological guide to the greatest Irish poets, from the bardic schools and the great Irish-language poets to Yeats, Heaney and today’s best, with dates, why each matters and the poems to start with.