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Eavan Boland

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Lia Mills

It’s a real shock to learn that Eavan Boland has died. Hers was the kind of presence that seemed outside of time, even though definitely not Outside History. She has had a profound effect on so many of us in … Continue reading →

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Eavan Boland’s Dublin – visit the exhibition online

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Lia Mills

This week sees the official launch of a new website: A Poet’s Dublin – Eavan Boland (https://apoetsdublin.wordpress.com/). The website has been designed to complement and extend two earlier initiatives that celebrate the poet’s seventieth birthday: a book Eavan Boland – A Poet’s Dublin, edited … Continue reading →

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Hidden Irelands (an interview with Celia de Fréine in the Dublin Review of Books)

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Lia Mills

This is the text of a recent essay based on an interview with the poet and playwright Celia de Fréine, published by the Dublin Review of Books at http://www.drb.ie/essays/hidden-irelands HIDDEN IRELANDS (by Lia Mills) Blood Debts, by Celia de Fréine, Scotus … Continue reading →

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Eavan Boland: A Poet’s Dublin (Launch)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Lia Mills

On Bloomsday weekend in Dublin a lot of  shop-window mannequins – and some people – sported straw hats; some were even in costume, despite the sunshine. The Rosie Hackett bridge is still a novelty.  Tourists are oblivious to the fact that … Continue reading →

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