Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

wrote this exquisite poem for fiery Irish revolutionary and actress Maud Gonne in 1899. Arguably one of the most beautiful love poems ever written, “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” uses ...

In 1996, English singer Kate Bush recorded the Irish rebel song, based on an 18th-century poem to the beautiful air composted by Seán Ó Riada. Her cover of "Mná na hÉireann," which means ...

I see her – my mother/ billowing in a nightie, her beautiful face looking huffy ... Gustav Parker Hibbett brings an energetic new voice to Irish poetry in their debut, High Jump as Icarus ...