Person: Declan Kiberd

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Eavan Boland: Poet leaves a body of work that promises renewal

Dylan Thomas once wrote that the world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. By that standard, Eavan Boland transformed the world many times over, with a body of work that was accomplished and treasured in equal measure.

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What to watch on TV this week

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Book review: Handbook of the Irish Revival

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Group emerges to mark Easter Rising in 'appropriate' manner

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Road trip offers relief to Kerry

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An urban legend revisited

Understanding and adapting: the true reason for Kerry win

IN A truly fascinating essay published last month on the effect of Celtic Tiger affluence, Declan Kiberd, professor of Anglo-Irish literature at UCD, said that “things are often studied only when they start to go wrong. The end of things is the moment we start to understand them: and only when they are understood do we begin to realise what might be lost”.

Sat, 26 Sep, 2009

Summer schools on learning curve that runs all the way to Croke Park

THERE were plenty of things to complain about during the last few months, but there was much to celebrate too, including those things that can generate a great deal of pride in being Irish.

Thu, 20 Sep, 2007

Visionary storyteller amongst the greats

IRELAND and Europe lost a world-class writer yesterday with the death of novelist John McGahern.

Fri, 31 Mar, 2006

John McGahern - 1934-2006

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Minister for Arts John O’Donoghue, along with figures from the arts and literary worlds, led tributes yesterday to the novelist, John McGahern.

Fri, 31 Mar, 2006

New Abbey Theatre board is named

A NEW board of the overhauled Abbey Theatre was announced yesterday by Arts Minister John O’Donoghue, in a move aimed at putting expertise in place to better manage the troubled national theatre.

Thu, 02 Feb, 2006