Person: Bernard O’Donoghue

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Some of the best poems in Bernard O’Donoghue’s latest collection come when he strays beyond his comfort zone. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

culture

Poetry review: The fine art of surprise

The characters in this collection are portrayed with affection and empathy but their lives are never romanticised; there’s a darkness hidden beneath the surface of many of these poems

general

Book review: The Zoo of the New: Poems to Read Now

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When poetry is a curse and a gift

news

Evening briefing: Flights cancelled as snow finally hits. Catch up on all the headlines

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When the local feels universal for poet Bernard O'Donoghue

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Finding the best Munster poems for anthology

Dublin v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final Replay

Six things we know now that we didn’t know last month

Michael Moynihan looks back on the past month’s big GAA news...

Mon, 17 Oct, 2016

Poetry and sport: Well versed in a game of inches and meters

A few years ago, someone suggested to me that sportswriters would be better advised to read poetry, specifically lyric poetry, rather than some of those vast, mannered chunks of American sportswriting that get cheered from the rafters (with relief, maybe, when the reader gets to the end).

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Our gardening noticeboard

* The Lough Flower and Garden Club will visit Woodcrest Garden, Newcestown, on Tuesday, June 24. Entrance €7. Members only.

Sun, 22 Jun, 2014

From Amergin’s invocation of Ireland to those who are shaping its future

Cork Literary Review volume XV

Sat, 28 Dec, 2013

Gathering focus for Cork Literary Review

Caitlin Doyle Her contribution is entitled ‘Hungry Hills: Coming of Age as an Irish American poet’.

Thu, 15 Aug, 2013

It seems there is an Aussie sporting lesson we could learn

I might as well admit it early doors and put it up on the table.

Mon, 02 Apr, 2012

Using distance to tell the truth — as he saw it

Farmers Cross

Sat, 11 Jun, 2011

Pining for Scots’ leaders of old

THESE are not golden days for the Scots.

Fri, 25 Feb, 2011

Buccs earn draw at St Mary's

St. Mary's College 14 Buccaneers 14

Sat, 04 Mar, 2006

Southern Lights

Whitbread Prize-winning poet Bernard O’Donoghue from Cork pauses from his work at Wadham College, Oxford to tell Michael Moynihan his memories of Cork-Kerry Munster finals.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2005