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Something For The Weekend: Nuala Kennedy's cultural picks

Singer, flute player, producer and composer Nuala Kennedy grew up in Dundalk, Co. Louth and has carved out an impressive global career.

Something For The Weekend • 28 Jun 23

Olivia O'Leary, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan and Vincent Woods recommend poetry books to buy for Christmas

The Poetry Programme recommends poetry books for Christmas

Poetry • 13 Dec 21

A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa - read an extract

Embracing elements of autofiction, essay, scholarship, sleuthing, and literary translation, A Ghost in the Throat finds the 18th-century poet Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill haunting the life of a contemporary young mother, prompting her to turn detective...

Books • 28 Oct 21

The Works Presents: Doireann Ní Ghríofa talks to John Kelly

the works presents • 28 Oct 21

Poet and essayist Doireann Ní Ghríofa features in the new series of The Works Presents

The Works Presents returns for a new series

the works presents • 04 Oct 21

Something for the Weekend: Louise Mulcahy's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend • 17 Jun 21

Cork Midsummer Festival: Marie Mullen stars in the world premiere of The Saviour by Deirdre Kinahan

Cork Midsummer Festival - the city reopens with a cultural bang

Festivals • 14 May 21

To Star the Dark: Doireann Ní Ghríofa talks to RTÉ Arena

To Star the Dark is the seventh poetry collection from Doireann Ní Ghríofa. She wrote the new poetry side by side with A Ghost in the Throat, the extraordinary prose work published in 2020...

RTÉ Arena • 26 Apr 21

Doireann Ni Ghriofa features on the latest Poetry Programme (Pic: Pat Boran)

Doireann Ní Ghríofa's new collection - The Poetry Programme

In the Poetry Programme on Sunday 11th April, at 7:30 pm on RTÉ Radio 1, Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads from her new collection, and we hear poems inspired by the Irish border by Gerald Dawe, James Conor Patterson and Emily Cooper...

Poetry Programme • 11 Apr 21

Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost In the Throat has been shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize

Trio of Irish authors on Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist

A trio of Irish authors feature on the shortlist for the prestigious Rathbones Folio Prize, known internationally as 'The Writers' Prize', announced today.

Books • 10 Feb 21

Elaine Feeney's As You Were is one of four Irish titles on the Rathbones Folio Prize longlist

Irish authors land on Rathbones Folio Prize longlist

A quartet of Irish authors feature of the longlist for the prestigious Rathbones Folio Prize, announced earlier today.

Books • 20 Jan 21

A Ghost in the Throat named as the An Post Irish Book of the Year

A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, a strikingly original combination of essay and auto-fiction, has been named as the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020.

An Post Irish Book of The Year • 10 Dec 20

Keelin Shanley's 'A Light That Never Goes Out' won the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award

Winners of An Post Irish Book Awards 2020 announced

Keelin Shanley, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Graham Norton, Donal Ryan and Professor Luke O'Neill were among the winning authors at this year's An Post Irish Book Awards...

An Post Irish Book Awards • 25 Nov 20

The Poetry Programme: Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Monica De Bhailís

In the Poetry Programme on Sunday 15th November, Olivia O'Leary is joined by Doireann Ní Ghríofa to talk about her book A Ghost in the Throat, and Monica De Bhailís reads her winning poem in the Red Line Book Festival poetry competition.

the poetry programme • 16 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: Doireann Ní Ghríofa talks to Rick O'Shea

Rick speaks to poet and author Doireann Ní Ghríofa about her best-selling novel A Ghost In The Throat, and more...

Shelf Analysis • 01 Oct 20

Writing on One: Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads A Ghost in The Throat

In the latest edition of Writing on One on RTÉ Radio 1, Doireann Ní Ghríofa delivers a mesmerizing 'festival event length' reading from A Ghost in The Throat - listen above.

Writing on One • 07 Sep 20

Something for the Weekend – Louise O'Neill's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural picks from the author of Asking For It and After The Silence...

Something For The Weekend • 07 Sep 20

Reviewed: A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

The very title of A Ghost in the Throat evokes the imagery of choking - breath stifled, speech constricted, words trapped in the throat, struggling to emerge.

Books • 02 Sep 20

Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Photo: Bríd O'Donovan

Something For The Weekend - Doireann Ní Ghríofa's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural picks from the author of A Ghost in the Throat...

Something For The Weekend • 27 Aug 20

Doireann Ní Ghríofa features in 'Miscellany50 Live from the Project'.

Miscellany50 Live from the Project: revisiting 1983 to 1987

Last winter, a weekend festival of new writing and live music took place in the Project Arts Centre to mark 50 years on air of RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Miscellany. The result was Miscellany50 Live from the Project.

Sunday Miscellany • 18 Jul 19

Words Lightly Spoken: Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads While Bleeding

In this week's episode of the Words Lightly Spoken podcast, Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads her poem While Bleeding - listen to it below.

Books • 06 Feb 19

Doireann Ní Ghríofa: closely attuned to béaloideas and folklore

Poetry Review: Lies by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Doireann Ní Ghriofa's latest collection, Lies, draws on poems from her three collections as Gaeilge, with the poet's own translations into English on facing pages. The book shows an invigorating yet subtle gift at play in both tongues.

Books • 15 Nov 18

Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa is John Kelly's guest on this week's special Mystery Train

Listen: Doireann Ní Ghríofa boards the Mystery Train

Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa was John Kelly's guest on this week's special Mystery Train

Poetry • 25 Sep 18

Watch: Doireann Ní Ghríofa's Filmpoem for Poetry Day

Celebrate Poetry Day Ireland in the company of award-winning bilingual poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa, with her 'filmpoem' Recipe for the Bad Times, the Sad Surprise Times, the No Light Times.

Poetry • 26 Apr 18

Poem Of The Week: While Bleeding by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Our Poem Of The Week, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, is While Bleeding by Doireann Ní Ghríofa.

Poetry • 05 Apr 17