What is recorded here
Brendan Kennelly is a birthplace in Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland. Perhaps the boy ran barefoot through wet grass before learning to write, his lungs filling with rain and bird calls. Maybe he carried that breath into every poem, dropping marbles of music into the minds of strangers. Imagine him still running, unaged, behind the house walls.
Why this person is known: Irish poet (1936–2021)
- Birthplace
- Ballylongford
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