Clem Ryan highlighted their life and work on Monday's edition of Kildare Today.
Tributes are being paid to two greats of Irish poetry, who died over the weekend.
Máire Mhac an tSaoi died on Saturday, aged 99.
She was born in Dublin in 1922. Her father was Sean MacEntee, a veteran of the Easter Rising, and her mother Margaret de Brun taught Irish.
Maire grew up immersed in an atmosphere of love for Irish poetry, being influenced by her stays with her uncle Monsignor Padraig de Brun in the Kerry Gaeltacht.
She went on to study modern languages and Celtic studies at UCD.
Following further studies in Paris, she joing the Irish diplomatic service, and was committed to writing poetry in Irish.
She married Conor Cruise O'Brien and they lived in New York for a time. They had two children, Patrick and Margaret.
Prsident Michael D Higgins said she was a fearless, powerful and intriguing personality, who had a lifelong, and contagious, passion for the Irish language, and for the people of the Gaeltacht.
Her poetry spoke “to and from the intimate experience of women at a time when women’s voices were largely inaudible”. Máire Mhac an tSaoi obituary https://t.co/5BXwWsLrer via @IrishTimes
— Ruadhán Mac Cormaic (@RuadhanIT) October 17, 2021
And poet and broadcaster Brendan Kennelly has died, aged 85.
The former Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College Dublin passed away this afternoon at a nursing home in his native Kerry.
President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Mr Kennelly, saying he forged a special place in the affections of the Irish people.
Mr Kennelly published more than 30 collections of poetry, and received many awards for his work.
President Higgins also said he encouraged many younger poets with honest, helpful and critical advice.
Clem Ryan has paid tribute to both poets on this morning's edition of Kildare Today
Watch: Brendan Kennelly recites much-loved poem 'Begin'https://t.co/1FO0LZ6d94
— Deirdre O'Shaughnessy (@deshocks) October 18, 2021
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