Let's make this birthday one to remember.

83 years old (Born on September 18, 1941)

Happy Birthday, Michael Hartnett! May your day be filled with more joy than the witty verses of "Inchicore Haiku" and sweeter moments than those charming lines from "Poems to Younger Women." Your poetic brilliance continues to inspire laughter, reflection, and admiration—truly timeless!

Here's hoping this year brings you as much success as your beloved masterpiece "A Necklace of Wrens," soaring gracefully through literary skies. Whether crafting magic in English or Gaelic, you've proven that poetry can indeed speak two languages fluently—and humorously. Cheers to another year celebrating Ireland's favorite bilingual bard; may your wit remain sharp and rhymes forever clever!