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

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 ...

Longley remained in Belfast as the Troubles worsened, writing a number of collections of poetry while working full time for ...

But this came against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland – his first poems appeared in the early 1970s – and along with friends and contemporaries such as Seamus Heaney and Derek ...

A collection of Irish sayings often read more like poetry than anything else. Here are ten unique Irish phrases that resonate ...

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my ...

Tributes have been paid to the acclaimed Belfast-born poet Michael Longley, who has died at the age of 85. The President of ...

AWARE NI, the leading Northern Ireland depression charity, has announced the comeback of its acclaimed mental health poetry contest for P6 and P7 pupils, dubbed Express Yourself. The program calls on ...

Belfast-born writer Michael Longley has been remembered as “one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced” following his death aged 85. Tributes have been paid to the poet, described as ...

Michael Longley was today hailed as one of Ireland’s greatest poets following his death aged 85. Irish president Michael D ...

Irish poet Michael Longley has died aged 85. The acclaimed poet was born in Belfast in July 1939 and lived in the city until ...

Michael Longley, a key figure in contemporary poetry, has died at the age of 85, his publishers at Jonathan Cape have ...