Tag: Irish poetry
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Aidan Hayes: A Life in Poetry and Translation, Spanning Donegal and Cork
Obituary: Remembering Aidan Hayes The death of Aidan Hayes, a renowned poet and translator with deep roots in both Ballyconnell, Ballyconnell? Noting the known places: Ballyconnell, Falcarragh in Donegal and Cork City, Cork, marks the loss of a generous intellect who spent a lifetime shaping voices through verse and translation. He passed away on January…
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Redacted: Poem of the Week on Memory, Tuam, and the Archive
Redacted as Poem of the Week: Memory, History, and Tuam In this week’s Poem of the Week, Redacted by Irish poet Eileen Casey turns a single, stark image into a conduit for collective memory. The opening line, “Months she spent reduced to memo size,” invites readers into a language where time is compressed, and personal…