NI poet Montague dies aged 87

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Saturday, 10 December 2016 19:18

He became Northern Ireland's first Professor of Poetry in 1998

Poet John Montague has died aged 87.

Born in New York, he moved to Garvaghey in County Tyrone as a four-year-old.

Also having lived in the Republic of Ireland, he moved to France in recent years, and became a chevalier of the Legion D'Honneur.

Irish President Michael D Higgins paid tribute to his work, describing it as "immense."

His work "The Rough Field" focuses on Northern Ireland, one of a number of works of poetry and prose.

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