Being Irish? Is being a clannish islander with all the good and all the bad that comes of that. Is being pagan and spiritual at the same time, in the same bone marrow, with all the good and all the bad that comes of that. Is not knowing how different you are until you meet the other islanders of all the world. Is being sad and happy in the one minute, changeable as … [Read more...] about Links in the Chain
Poetry
A Memorable Evening with Seamus Heaney
Courtesy of NYU Glucksman Ireland House
On April 13, this Saturday, Seamus Heaney would have been 80 years old. Though he passed away too early, on August 30, 2013, his work lives on. Through the last 25 years of his life, the poet had an ongoing connection with Glucksman Ireland House, the center of Irish Studies at NYU, and its founder Loretta Brennan Glucksman. On April 11, 1996, just six months after winning the … [Read more...] about A Memorable Evening with Seamus Heaney
Caretaker of The Poets
By Sharon Parrish Bowers
September/October 1994
America is discovering the joys of Irish poetry thanks to Dillon Johnston. Set leisurely atop undulating manicured lawns are the neat brick buildings and magnolia trees of Wake Forest University, a private college in Winston-Salem, N.C., Baptist-founded, home of the Demon Deacons. Well-dressed and tanned students stroll with their bookbags on the plush grass of the main … [Read more...] about Caretaker of The Poets