Books no longer available Pat Ingoldsby has hosted children's TV shows, written plays for the stage and for radio, published books of short stories and been a newspaper columnist. Since the … [Read more...] about Pat Ingoldsby Poetry Books
Irish Poets
Voices At The World’s Edge edited by Paddy Bushe
The full title of this book is Voices At The World's Edge - Irish Poets on Skellig Michael. For some 700 years after its foundation in the 6th century, the monastery on Skellig Michael off the Kerry … [Read more...] about Voices At The World’s Edge edited by Paddy Bushe
Gradual Wars by Seamus Deane
Gradual Wars was Deane's first collection of poems. It was published in 1972 by Irish University Press. This collection won the prestigious AE Memorial Award for Literature in Ireland.. Among the … [Read more...] about Gradual Wars by Seamus Deane
Maude Gonne by Nancy Cardozo
William Butler Yeats fell in love with first time he saw Maud Gonne She was the woman to whom he addressed some of the most moving love poems in the English language. Though she refused to marry him, … [Read more...] about Maude Gonne by Nancy Cardozo
A Terrible Beauty selected by Mairéad Ashe Fitzgerald
Ireland's Easter 1916 Rising was led by a mix of soldiers and trade unions but also visionaries and writers. This collection of poems contains the dreams and visions of freedom and nationhood for … [Read more...] about A Terrible Beauty selected by Mairéad Ashe Fitzgerald
Tongues by Micheal O’Siadhail
Language pervades our world, the media, our relationships, minds and hearts. We learn it and we pass it on. In Tongues, Micheal O'Siadhail delights in language and shares its wonder and … [Read more...] about Tongues by Micheal O’Siadhail
Dhá Chéad de Cheoltaibh Uladh le Énrí Ó Miureasa
This book in Irish was first published in 1934. The English translation of the the title is An Anthology of 200 years of Ulster Songs. The book contains many songs and poems. The songs and poems … [Read more...] about Dhá Chéad de Cheoltaibh Uladh le Énrí Ó Miureasa
Brendan Kennelly 1936 – 2021
We are saddened to hear of the passing of the great Kerry and Irish poet . We are featuring two of his books of poetry Selected Poems published in 1969 Cromwell published in … [Read more...] about Brendan Kennelly 1936 – 2021
What the Curlew Said and Night Journey to Buddh Gaia by John Moriarty
We have two books by the great John Moriarty. What The Curlew Said and Night Journey to Buddh Gaia. What the Curlew Said is an extra-ordinary work of autobiography concludes the story of John … [Read more...] about What the Curlew Said and Night Journey to Buddh Gaia by John Moriarty
One Wide Expanse by Michael Longley
This is the first volume in The Poet's Chair series, which will publish the public lectures of the Ireland Professors of Poetry. The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established in 1998 following the … [Read more...] about One Wide Expanse by Michael Longley