Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard.

I wrote my first song when I was 14,” Liz Longley recalled. “I remember at a school recital; I had a solo and was going to do ...

Michael Longley died in Belfast on 22nd January, at the age of 85. During a career spanning more than half a century, he had composed some of the finest short lyrics in English, addressing a wide ...

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley will take place later. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on January 22. His funeral is to take place in All Souls Church in Belfast ...

Ireland has lost one of its leading literary figures following the death of the multiple award-winning poet, Michael Longley. The last survivor of the Belfast triumvirate of poets which also ...

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley has taken place in Belfast. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on 22 January. The poet is survived by his wife Edna and children ...