Poetry Please

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Roger McGough introduces selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners.

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Poetry Please: Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín

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The writer Colm Tóibín joins Roger McGough to share some favourite poems.

The writer Colm Tóibín joins Roger McGough to share some favourite poems and discuss his poetry collection Vinegar Hill.

The writer Colm Tóibín selects some favourite poems from amongst our listeners' requests and recommendations. His picks include poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Thom Gunn, Maura Dooley, Victoria Kennefick and Anthony Cronin. 

Colm Tóibín is the author of ten novels - including Brooklyn, The Magician and The Master. He published his first poetry collection, Vinegar Hill, in spring 2022. 

With special thanks to RTÉ Archives for their recording of Seán Mac Réamoinn's reading of The Two Travellers by CJ Boland, and to the Irish Poetry Reading Archive in UCD Library for their kind permission to use their recording of Anthony Cronin reading his poem 'For a Father'. 

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