Blindboy: 'There’s a plausible case that the modern understanding of Hell is based on Cork'

In advance of his visit to Cork Podcast Festival, Blindboy talks about his favourite writers, his love of nature, and how a knight from the Rebel County influenced Dante's Inferno 

Blindboy has a live event at Cork Podcast Festival. Picture: Brian Arthur

In the current Irish arts scene, who are you particularly impressed with?

I’m a writer, so my eye is always on writers, and in Ireland, we’re very lucky to have the best. Two authors in particular have books coming out soon, both from Belfast.