Watch: Paul Durcan at 80 - RTÉ Arena celebrates the great poet

One of the most beloved Irish poets of the last half century, Durcan published his first collection, Endsville, with Brian Lynch in 1967. A winner of the Whitbread Poetry Prize and the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, his publications include A Snail in My Prime, Crazy About Women, Greetings to our Friends in Brazil, and Cries of an Irish Caveman. He also appeared on Van Morrison's 1990 album Enlightenment.