By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

From the mythology of Gráinne and Diarmuid to the poetry of Yeats and the songs of Van the Man, Ireland has long celebrated ...

Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Although there are a few distinctive beasts that are place-specific, many ghosts, fairies, and goblins pop up in similar ...

Image: Kyogo Furuhashi (right) is set to leave Celtic for Rennes, with Jota moving the other way in a return to Glasgow Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed deals involving Kyogo Furuhashi ...

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." ...

The Celtic Connections festival of global folk roots music – which is held annually in venues across the city of Glasgow – is a ...

CELEBRATIONS for the centenary year of poet Pádraic Fiacc’s birth ended on a high note with the launch a collection of bilingual poems.

Manchester City will face Real Madrid in a blockbuster Champions League play-off with Celtic taking on Bayern Munich in a bid to reach the last 16. Having beaten Club Brugge 3-1 in their final ...

And City have been drawn to battle it out with Real in the standout tie from the knockout play-off round, while Celtic will take on Bayern. City's meeting with Real renews their rivalry in ...

Police have revealed almost 20 Celtic fans were nicked at the club's Champions League clash against Aston Villa. West Midlands Police said 21 arrests were made overall during the evening of the match ...

Editor's Note: Yeats was a pillar of the Irish and British literary establishment ... that “all good poets…compose their beautiful poems not by art [techne] but because they are inspired ...