Patrick Kavanagh

This weekend marks the culmination of a year of events marking the centenary of one of Ireland’s best loved poets, Patrick Kavanagh.

On the centenary of Patrick Kavanagh’s birth, Seamus Heaney recalls a formative meeting with his fellow poet a few months before his death, in 1967.

For more information, visit https://www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com

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