Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

Off the coast of County Kerry, two jagged islands rise out of the Atlantic Ocean – ruggedly beautiful with centuries of ...

Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers in Northern Ireland and, for some, the English-reading world. Longley’s ...

Among some of his best-known work is the poem Ceasefire in 1994, inspired by the then-ceasefires in his native Northern Ireland. President Michael D Higgins led the tributes to Mr Longley, and said he ...