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Paul Rouse: Durcan's work on sport pure poetry in motion

The best poems about sport are not usually about success, rather they approach sport from alternative perspectives.

Fri, 23 May, 2025 - 07:16

Paul Rouse is an historian, author, broadcaster… and former Offaly football boss. He specialises in sport and Irish culture.

Paul Durcan wrote some great poems about sport.

He died last weekend, aged 80, but his work will live on. In a recent tribute to him on the ‘Arena’ show on RTÉ Radio One, the presenter Sean Rocks described him as the “most companionable of poets”. It was a great way to put it.

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