Michael Longley
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Sep 23, 2026
Andrew Hozier-ByrneGUEST
Um, uh, and in the mystery of this space, it's, I'm reminded of a Seamus Heaney poem, Personal Helicon.
Andrew Hozier-ByrneGUEST
He wrote for, I think, Michael Longley.
Andrew Hozier-ByrneGUEST
It's about how he goes to wells all the time.
Andrew Hozier-ByrneGUEST
As a kid, he's, he's sharing that as a child, that-
JackieNARRATOR
Mr. Trump nearly upended the Western Military Alliance when this year he suggested a U.S. takeover of Greenland.
JackieNARRATOR
Ms. Connolly also presented Mr. Trump with a 2006 volume of poetry by Michael Longley of Belfast.
JackieNARRATOR
One of his more famous poems, published during the Troubles, is called Ceasefire.
JackieNARRATOR
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JackieNARRATOR
Mr. Trump nearly upended the Western Military Alliance when this year he suggested a U.S. takeover of Greenland.
JackieNARRATOR
Ms. Connolly also presented Mr. Trump with a 2006 volume of poetry by Michael Longley of Belfast.
JackieNARRATOR
One of his more famous poems, published during the Troubles, is called Ceasefire.
JackieNARRATOR
How a Godzilla El Nino Could Affect Your Weather by Judson Jones.
John MeagherHOST
He doesn't get a goodie bag at the end.
John MeagherHOST
Oh, he got a good bag straight away from her, didn't he? He got a book of Michael Longley poems, including one called Ceasefire, which I'm sure he read on the way back.
Peter FlanaganHOST
She also gifted him a St. Bridget's cross, which I'm sure he loved because it kind of looks like a swastika.
Peter FlanaganHOST
So he was like, oh, great.
Carl KinsellaGUEST
You know, it's so good, Louise.
Carl KinsellaGUEST
Like, last week you were talking about when you interviewed her, and she was like, "Oh, I have my ways of making my point." And, uh, you know, one of the gifts she gave him was the poem Ceasefire by Michael Longley.
Carl KinsellaGUEST
Um, and she very, you know, there's no doubt about it, she was very clear with him as to the Irish people's, um, attitudes towards war and towards, uh, violence overseas, and she was making the point that Irish people will always stand strongly behind those who have the strength to, um, you know, avoid war and to promote peace.
Carl KinsellaGUEST
And it seems like she was very clear, uh, with him on sort of her position when it comes to destruction and, and violence.
Leigh BrosnanGUEST
And I think that not calling out and not, and not speaking the truth in those, um, halls, halls of power or, or conferences or wherever our heads of state are meeting with other heads of state is very, um, unfair and, and is very risky.
Leigh BrosnanGUEST
I, I would've, I would've m- much more, uh, appreciated a, a message to be sent, such as President Conley did with her gifts of a St. Brigid's cross, of, um, the collection of poems from Michael Longley from Belfast, um, and the text of, uh, the Voyage of Saint Brendan, of the Abbot, a Latin text of, of, of the sixth-century Irish monk, um-
Alan MorrisseyHOST
And, and can I ask you, Lee, do you think the intent or the message, uh, whether it's subtle or unsubtle behind those gifts, uh, is, [laughs] is likely to be picked up on?
Leigh BrosnanGUEST
Uh, it, it-- To be honest, Alan, it's not even outcome-oriented.
John CahillHOST
Okay.
John CahillHOST
Okay, so President Catherine Connolly gifted President Trump a St. Bridget's Cross and a collection of poems by the Belfast poet Michael Longley.
John CahillHOST
Mm-hmm.
John CahillHOST
Suspecting that Mr. Trump may not read all the poems in the collection, she mentioned one poem in particular, that's Ceasefire, hoping, I guess, to pique his curiosity.
Sean DefoeGUEST
She gave him that book.
Sean DefoeGUEST
of poems by Michael Longley, which included the poem Ceasefire.
Sean DefoeGUEST
And people were very much praising her sort of almost colder approach to Donald Trump.
Sean DefoeGUEST
And yes, you can argue the flip side that he'll absolutely never read that.
Thom HartmannHOST
She said afterward that she told him, quote, "The normalization of war and genocide can never be accepted." She reminded him that Ireland has lived through famine, colon- colonization, and the troubles, and knows the long road to peace.
Thom HartmannHOST
Then she handed him a poetry collection that included Michael Longley's Ceasefire.
Thom HartmannHOST
The photo of Trump walking ahead of her stone-faced went viral.
Thom HartmannHOST
Remember, this is the president who tells us the world respects him again.
Fran CurryHOST
And there was a poetry book then, wasn't there? Yeah.
Ronan DowdGUEST
And the poetry, Michael Longley's poetry book-
Fran CurryHOST
Yeah
Ronan DowdGUEST
... with that, with that poem, "Ceasefire"-
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