An influential poet has died at the age of 61. Thomas Sayers Ellis died after suffering from respiratory issues earlier this month in St. Petersburg, Florida. NPR's Neda Ulaby has this remembrance.

The many lives of Thomas Moore, the Bard of Ireland are explored in this 75-minute feature documentary, airing on TG4 on Dec. 28. Radical, rogue, shapeshifter - Thomas Moore’s life remains a mystery ...

Fr. Matthew Russell, S.J. (1834-1912) intended to found a devotional magazine with the name Catholic Ireland in 1873, but it emerged as a literary journal named The Irish Monthly. Russell, who edited ...