Eclipse (12 August 2026)
Pat Boran reads a specially written piece on the meaning of the eclipse on RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena arts programme on 12 August 2026. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22637001
The Shape of Poetry
Pat Boran talks to the late Sean Rocks on RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena arts show (08 November 2022) about his multimedia presentation,, What Poetry Looks
Love, A Story
“Once upon a time, there may have been a valiant young knight; now there is only a car salesman in a rundown showroom, wearing odd
Careers Advice from a Poet?
Thanks to Martina Mulhall / Gold Star Careers and Laois Today for including an extended interview with an unemployable wastrel like myself in a series
As Far as Turn Back
What an unexpected ‘turn for the books’, I’m tempted to say, to discover last week that my poem ‘As Far as Turn Back’ had, er,
Hedge School interview, Poetry People
“There’s a poem in it (Hedge School) called ‘Building the Ark’ which … realises at the end that it wasn’t Noah that saved the animals