Happy Birthday Mr. Kinsella

May 17, 2018February 25, 20211 Comment

On 4th May 2018, Irish poet Thomas Kinsella turned 90 years old. An event hosted by the Lord Mayor of Dublin to mark this occasion was held in the Mansion House. UCD Library Special Collections holds the Thomas Kinsella Collection, containing over 700 items including books, pamphlets and ephemera which Kinsella generously donated to UCD … Continue reading Happy Birthday Mr. Kinsella

Mr Kavanagh Goes to America

November 16, 2017Leave a comment

Just over a decade before his death in 1967, the poet Patrick Kavanagh – a man equally at home in the fields of Monaghan and the pubs of Dublin – visited America for the first time. In the Kavanagh Archive at UCD Special Collections the poet’s two late transatlantic trips can be traced through letters and … Continue reading Mr Kavanagh Goes to America

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Happy Birthday Mr. Kinsella

Mr Kavanagh Goes to America