Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Michael Longley, one of Ireland’s leading poets, died on Wednesday night in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital following a short illness. His 13 collections have received many awards, including ...

Tributes have been paid to the acclaimed Belfast-born poet Michael Longley, who has died at the age of 85. The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said he regarded him "as a peerless poet" and that ...

Tributes have been paid to the acclaimed Belfast-born poet Michael Longley, who has died at the age of 85. The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said he regarded him "as a peerless poet" and ...

Irish poet Michael Longley has died aged 85. The acclaimed poet was born in Belfast in July 1939 and lived in the city until his death. Mr Longley went to school at Royal Belfast Academical ...

Michael Doucet is breaking out his fiddle to join former Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith in a first-ever collaboration of music and spoken word Thursday in Lafayette at a pop-up event ...

The death of the poet Michael Longley on Jan. 22, 2025, at the age of 85 did not occasion the same volume of obituaries and encomiums as that of his fellow Belfast poet Seamus Heaney in 2013 (at ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s ...

Longley’s strain of humour emerged in ‘Mr 10½‘, about a fruity Robert Mapplethorpe photograph, with the poet imagining a cucumber and plums Michael Longley, who has died aged 85 ...