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Poet and academic Gerald Dawe dies aged 72

Tributes have been paid to the Belfast-born poet and academic, who has died at the age of 72.

In Memoriam • 30 May 24

Poet Gerald Dawe remembered - From Kingstown to Dun Laoghaire

The Lyric Feature • 30 May 24

Sunday Miscellany: Gerald Dawe visits Dylan Thomas's homeplace

'I couldn't help but hear his voice as we wandered along the streets...'

Sunday Miscellany • 21 Nov 23

Sylvia Plath in Ireland - The Lyric Feature returns

The Lyric Feature • 27 Feb 23

Gerald Dawe's journey through the past - The Poetry Programme

Books • 15 Apr 22

Sunday Miscellany: Remembering Brendan Kennelly

A "smiling Buddha"; "a challenging, turbulent, serene and tragic view of our ordinary world"

Sunday Miscellany • 15 Nov 21

Soprano Tara Erraught features in the new Lyric Feature documentary Tenducci in Ireland

The Lyric Feature returns - and Patrick Kavanagh takes flight

Anja Murray • 01 Sep 21

Extracted: A City Imagined - Belfast Soulscapes by Gerald Dawe

Books • 31 Jul 21

On Seamus Deane - listen to the RTÉ Arena tribute

RTÉ Arena • 17 May 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

Sunday Miscellany: Derek Mahon: A Tribute by Gerald Dawe

Via Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1: Gerald Dawe on "speaking Belfast" with his fellow poet Derek Mahon, who passed away last week.

Sunday Miscellany • 06 Oct 20

Poet and memoirist Gerald Dawe in his Belfast stomping ground (Pic: Bobby Hanvey)

Reviewed: Looking Through You by Gerald Dawe

It's entirely apposite that the poet Gerald Dawe should borrow most of the title of a Beatles song for his new memoir given that the arrival of The Beatles in Belfast in 1963 is accorded due reverence.

Books • 22 Sep 20

The Beatles, by heart - an extract from Gerald Dawe's new memoir

We're delighted to present an extract from poet Gerald Dawe's new memoir, Looking Through You: Northern Chronicles, published by Merrion Press.

Books • 15 Sep 20

The Sound of the Shuttle - Gerald Dawe on his new book

Acclaimed poet Gerald Dawe introduces his new publication, The Sound of the Shuttle: Essays on Cultural Belonging and Protestantism in Northern Ireland, published by Irish Academic Press and in bookshops now.

Books • 06 Feb 20

Gerald Dawe makes a poetic journey through the west of Ireland

In Crossing the Sound, in the Lyric Feature, at 6 pm on Sunday 22nd December on RTÉ lyric fm, poet Gerald Dawe goes back to the west of Ireland to explore its relationship to the arts and the enduring appeal of its wild landscapes to writers and artists.

The Lyric Feature • 23 Dec 19

The Wrong Country by Gerald Dawe - read an extract

Gerald Dawe, in an extract from his new collection of essays, The Wrong Country: Essays On Modern Irish Writing, praises the poetry of fellow northerner, Leontia Flynn.

Books • 04 Jul 18

Van Morrison's Belfast - an extract from Gerald Dawe's new book

In Another World is a unique trip through the music scene of 1950s and 60s Belfast, mapped into the mystic through the timeless lyrics of Van 'the Man' Morrison, courtesy of acclaimed poet and fellow Belfast man, Gerald Dawe.

Books • 08 Dec 17

Poet Gerald Dawe has penned a fine tribute to a fellow Belfast-man

Reviewed: In Another World by Gerald Dawe

Gerald Dawe wisely deals with the early to mid-period Van Morrison in this refreshing take on the formative influence of place in the work of the esteemed musician.

Books • 01 Dec 17

Eavan Boland: Inside History - read an extract

We're delighted to present an extract from Eavan Boland: Inside History, a new volume of essays and poems in response to the work of the internationally-renowned Irish poet.

Culture • 16 Dec 16

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