In 1967, 20 copies of this poem by the Irish poet Brendan Kennelly about Jonathan Swift were printed on a hand-press here in Marsh's Library.

Brendan Kennelly 1936 – 2021🌞🌞 Author of over twenty books of poetry as well as plays, novels and criticism. Born in Ballylongford in Co. Kerry, Kennelly was Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College, Dublin for thirty years. I

Brendan Kennelly, 💥💥💥 Irish poet and novelist. He was Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College Dublin . The Happy Grass.

A man should clear a space for himself Like Dublin City on a Sunday morning About six o’clock. Dublin and myself are rid of our traffic by then And I’m walking. … The river is talking to itself And doesn’t care if I eavesdrop. Brendan Kennelly #Irish #Poetry

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20) Ireland’s Women: Writings Past and Present selected by Katie Donovan, A. Norman Jeffares, and Brendan Kennelly

Professor Paul Rouse with a lovely piece in the Irish Examiner about football, and Brendan Kennelly #brendankennelly

Brendan Kennelly, the poet, novelist and academic, is remembered by Sheila O’Kelly on the anniversary of his death Ireland's own is in shops now or subscribe at irelandsown.ie/subscribe

Remembering Brendan on his 4th anniversary-his final resting is in Lislaughtin Abbey,Ballylongford ‘Though we live a world that dreams of ending that always seems about to give in Something that will not acknowledge conclusion Insists that we forever begin’. #brendankennelly

Daniel Mulhall The Irish Post Brendan Kennelly’s review of Heaney & Longley’s Festival booklets in ‘The Dublin Magazine’ 1966.

Sister Stanislaus Kennedy, founder of Focus Ireland, has died aged 86 The BKLT sends its deepest sympathies to Sr Stan’s religious sisters, her family and all who knew her. She was a very good friend to Brendan. May she rest in peace jrnl.ie/6862996

The Brendan Kennelly Literary Trust wishes President Michael D Higgins the very best in his retirement. He was a great friend of Brendan’s and was and is an excellent champion of the arts and literature. Photo; two friends and poets enjoying each others company

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Fighting January, a poem by the late Brendan Kennelly, from the Dedalus Press anthology SHINE ON, supporting people affected by mental ill-health. Poetry Matters: Spread the Word

Apparently it's Blue Monday today, but instead of focusing on THAT, let's shift our attention instead to THIS. A little bit of poetry. 'The Good' by Brendan Kennelly

from his 1989 collection ‘Love of Ireland - Poems from the Irish’. ‘Saint Brigid’s Prayer’, trans Brendan Kennelly #BrigidsDay ‘I’d sit with the men, the women and God,
There by the lake of beer,
We’d be drinking good health forever
And every drop would be a prayer’.

Books, books and more books: Oscar Wilde and Brendan Kennelly memorabilia up for grabs irishtimes.com/life-style/fin… via Irish Times Life

Noel O'Grady, widely acknowledged as one of the country's leading Joycean scholars, is staging a tribute event in the Round Room of the Mansion House on the 19th April in honour of his late friend and literary legend, Brendan Kennelly. Book here: eventbrite.ie/e/remembering-…

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Peter Hitchens Yodoswaginz Getting up early promises well; a milkhorse on the road induces thoughts of a sleeping world and a waking God... – Brendan Kennelly, From The Essential Brendan Kennelly ~ 2011.