Acclaimed Irish poet Eavan Boland has died at the age of 75.
The Dublin-born writer and academic earned international recognition for her prose exploring themes around Irish domestic life, in particular the experience of Irish women.
Boland, whose first works were published in 1962, had been a writer in residence at both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.
She also had a long tenure as a professor of English at Stanford University in the US.
Irish President Michael D Higgins led tributes.
"With the passing of Eavan Boland, Ireland has lost not only an internationally-acclaimed poet, distinguished academic and author, but one of the most insightful inner sources of Irish life, not only in life as expressed but as sensed and experienced," he said.
"It was her particular gift to reveal the beauty in the ordinary.
"Over the years, through her poetry, critical work and teaching she displayed an extraordinary ability to invoke Irish landscapes, myth and everyday experience.
"She became one of the pre-eminent voices in Irish literature, noted for the high standard she sought and achieved."
Mr Higgins added: "She will be missed by all who have read her work and by students who have had the privilege of learning from her in any one of the academic institutions to which she made such a distinguished contribution, including Trinity College, University College Dublin and Stanford University.
"To all of us who had the privilege of knowing her, her passing is a source of great loss and sadness."
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar posted: "Very sorry to hear Eavan Boland has died. One of our best & boldest poets, someone whose work showed a remarkable sympathy & warmth.
"She documented the lives of women in history & culture & explored how the difficult truth about the past can help us make sense of the present."
