Tag Archives: Irish poetry

The Books: Death of a Naturalist, by Seamus Heaney

Posted on January 4, 2011 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The next book on my poetry shelf is Seamus Heaney’s first volume of poetry, Death of a Naturalist. Many of the paradoxes of Heaney’s work can be understood only in the context of his historical situation … Continue reading →

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The Books: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966 – 1998, by Seamus Heaney

Posted on January 3, 2011 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The next book on my poetry shelf is Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996, by Seamus Heaney. I had no particular gift for writing what were called “compositions”, and no particular enjoyment of it. But I do … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Water Horse, by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

Posted on December 30, 2010 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The next book on my poetry shelf is The Water Horse, by Irish language poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Published by The Gallery Press (I wrote about that here), The Water Horse is a collection of Irish … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry: Harry Clifton

Posted on December 13, 2010 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Next book on the shelf is The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Peter Fallon & Derek Mahon. “His is a universe of aftermaths, hauntings and returns, in which even God . . . … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry: Peter Fallon

Posted on December 8, 2010 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Next book on the shelf is The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Peter Fallon & Derek Mahon. ‘The Gallery Press has spent the last twenty-five years contributing towards bringing Irish poets and writers … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry: Michael Davitt

Posted on December 2, 2010 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Next book on the shelf is The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Peter Fallon & Derek Mahon. Michael Davitt, a Cork man by birth, didn’t grow up speaking Irish at home. He learned … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry: Richard Ryan

Posted on November 24, 2010 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Next book on the shelf is The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Peter Fallon & Derek Mahon. “His poetry has technical sophistication and true feeling. It’s lucid and it has clarity and is … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry: Derek Mahon

Posted on November 12, 2010 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Next book on the shelf is The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Peter Fallon & Derek Mahon. “[Seamus] Heaney is a Wordsworth man and I’m a Coleridge man. I love the poetry, and … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry: Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide (or Michael Hartnett)

Posted on November 10, 2010 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Next book on the shelf is The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Peter Fallon & Derek Mahon. “I’ll never forget reading his first short poems in the early sixties; they had a kind … Continue reading →

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The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry: Irish poet Desmond O’Grady

Posted on November 2, 2010 by sheila

A Limerick man, born in 1935. When Desmond O’Grady died in 2014, Irish President Michael D. Higgins said, “From wherever he was writing, be it Cairo or Kinsale, his work invoked a sense of what was Irish in both heritage … Continue reading →

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