Tributes to John Montague pour in from arts world

Tributes have poured in following the death of internationally acclaimed poet John Montague, a former UCC lecturer who lived between the south of France and West Cork.

Montague died on Saturday at the Clinique Parc Impérial in Nice. He was 87, and had recently undergone surgery.

Photographer to the stars John Minihan was holding a picture of Montague in his hand when the Irish Examiner contacted him. He last saw his good friend this summer.