Gerry Murphy at 70: Cork poet looks back on his milestones
Gerry Murphy marks his 70th birthday as part of Cork International Poetry Festival.
George O'Sullivan, who taught me in the North Mon, loved English poetry and it rubbed off on some of us. In collaboration with two classmates, we used to write adaptations of the poems on the curriculum to the amusement of the class and Mr O'Sullivan. He kind of turned us on to what was on the syllabus. I'm still reading essays by William Hazlitt. But I was lazy at school. My Leaving Cert wasn't exactly starry. I just managed to get through.
