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.
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This Week's Poems
Clearances 3 & 5
By Seamus Heaney
From Seamus Heaney – New Selected Poems 1966-1987
Published by Faber and Faber
Dipper
By Michael Longley
From Snow Water
Published by Cape Poetry
The Wren
By Michael Longley
From Michael Longley - Collected Poems
Published by Cape Poetry
Swineheard
By Eilean ni Chuilleanain
From Contemporary Irish Poetry – An Anthology
Published by University of California Press
A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford
By Derek Mahon
From Derek Mahon – Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
Poem for Lara, 10
By Michael Hartnett
From New and Selected Poems
Published by Wake Forest University Press
Anseo
By Paul Muldoon
From New Selected Poems 1968-1994
Published by Faber and Faber
The Emigrant Irish
Eavan Boland
From Poems on the Underground
Published by Penguin
Ghost Orchid
By Michael Longley
From Michael Longley – Collected Poems
Published by Cape Poetry
The Kilfenora Teaboy
By Paul Durcan
From The Selected Paul Durcan
Published by The Blackstaff Press
The Most Extraordinary Innovation
By Paul Durcan
From Praise In Which I Live and Move and Have My Being
Published by Harvill Secker
There are Days
By John Montague
From There are Days
Published by Wake Forest University Press
Everything is Going to be Alright
By Derek Mahon
From Derek Mahon – Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 31 May 201516:30BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sat 6 Jun 201523:30BBC Radio 4
