Brendan Kennelly in 2004
Brendan Kennelly was known to generations of Trinity students as a great teacher and as a warm and encouraging presence on campus. Trinity pays tribute to the great poet and academic:https://t.co/XBl253QV7b pic.twitter.com/yemmDMfx5M
— Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin) October 18, 2021
This afternoon.
Further to the death of poet Brendan Kennelly…
“For many Irish people, Brendan was Trinity, and through his public engagement, his argument-inspiring poetry and just the sheer force of his personality, he placed the College in the centre of national debates about memory, history and the importance of the arts and literature in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
“His lectures were electrifying; even in the 1990s, when I came to Trinity, it was an extraordinary experience as a first year to have to try to squeeze yourself into even a large lecture hall, to find it packed full of not just students of English Literature, but academics from other disciplines, members of the public, and even tourists, who had all made it their business to witness a lecture from someone who possessed not just a personal charisma, but could communicate an infectious love for literature that was enviable.”
Professor Jarlath Killeen, TCD Head of the School of English
A great teacher and a warm presence on campus – Trinity pays tribute to Brendan Kennelly (TCD)
