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Contemporary Irish Poets

Recently returned from the Cuirt literature festival in Galway, Roger McGough celebrates contemporary Irish poetry. Featuring the likes of Derek Mahon, Paul Muldoon, Eilean ni Chuilleanain, Paul Durcan, Eavan Boland and the grandaddy of them all, Seamus Heaney. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Jun 2015 23:30

This Week's Poems

Clearances 3 & 5

By Seamus Heaney

From Seamus Heaney – New Selected Poems 1966-1987

Published by Faber and Faber

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Dipper

By Michael Longley

From Snow Water

Published by Cape Poetry

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The Wren

By Michael Longley

From Michael Longley - Collected Poems

Published by Cape Poetry

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By Eilean ni Chuilleanain

From Contemporary Irish Poetry – An Anthology

Published by University of California Press

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A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford

By Derek Mahon

From Derek Mahon – Selected Poems

Published by Penguin

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Poem for Lara, 10

By Michael Hartnett

From New and Selected Poems

Published by Wake Forest University Press

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Anseo

By Paul Muldoon

From New Selected Poems 1968-1994

Published by Faber and Faber

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The Emigrant Irish

Eavan Boland

From Poems on the Underground

Published by Penguin

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Ghost Orchid

By Michael Longley

From Michael Longley – Collected Poems

Published by Cape Poetry

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The Kilfenora Teaboy

By Paul Durcan

From The Selected Paul Durcan

Published by The Blackstaff Press

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The Most Extraordinary Innovation

By Paul Durcan

From Praise In Which I Live and Move and Have My Being

Published by Harvill Secker

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There are DaysÌý

By John Montague

From There are Days

Published by Wake Forest University Press

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Everything is Going to be Alright

By Derek Mahon

From Derek Mahon – Selected Poems

Published by Penguin

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Sally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 May 2015 16:30
  • Sat 6 Jun 2015 23:30