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A look at the life and works of Seán Ó Ríordáin, thirty years after his death. This is a collection of talks broadcast on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta in commemoration of the poet, covering many themes. This book was published with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Cork County Council and University College, Cork.
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A comprehensive analysis of Liam O’Flaherty’s collection of short stories, Dúil. The author provides a critical review of the short stories, focusing on such aspects as reverberation of sound, distinctive to O’Flaherty’s style of writing.
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An authoritative literary biography of one of the giants of twentieth century Irish poetry whose work reflects the life and whose life reflects the work.
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A bilingual (English & Irish) selection of the poetry of Máire Mhac an tSaoi.'She is a prober of the condition of love, and no living poet has brought more honesty and insight to the subject.'- John Hordan
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Seo leabhar a mbeidh an-éileamh air. Cuireann an t-údar ar fáil uirlis fíor-luachmhar, fíor-riachtanach le teacht ar bhuanna ar leith shaothar an cheathrar file a dtráchtann sé orthu (Michael Davitt, Liam Ó Muirthile, Louis de Paor agus Colm Breathnach).
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An examination of the chief literary and cultural influences on the thinking and writings of Seán Ó Ríordáin, namely Yeats, Hopkins, Ibsen, Blake and Beckett. Bhfuil aoinne inár dteannta / Ag triall ar an tobar? Bhfuil aon fhocal seanda / Ag cur lenár gcogar?
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Máire Mhac an tSaoi is one of the great poets of modern Irish. From her very first collection, Margadh na saoire (1956) her poetry has addressed many of life's most challenging topics and in particular the experience of women. This book gathers opinions from scholars on various aspects of Mhac an...
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This is the literary legacy of Seán Ó Ríordáin, who ‘shocked' and ‘Ríordáinized' contemporary Irish poetry and changed it from top to bottom.This book gathers all of the poems ever published by Seán Ó Ríordáin together under one cover for the first time: the three collections...
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For nearly forty years, through illness and recovery, a central part to Ó Ríordáin’s life was his diary.This anthology attempts to give an insight into the tortured mind of the poet, from 1940 when he began to write in his diary, right up until the year he died in 1977. It’s a small taste...
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... de Paor is a master of the elegy, the cold-eyed, warm-hearted poem that catches you up when you least expect it.Robert Verdon, MuseThe poems in this book are drawn from four previous collections in Irish: Próca Solais is Luatha (1988), 30 Dán (1992), Seo. Siúd. Agus Uile (1996), and...
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Bilingual collection by Louis de Paor, paperback with CD, translations by Kevin Anderson, Biddy Jenkinson and Mary O'Donoghue, with the author: art by Kathleen Furey, music by Ronan Browne.This collection features a book and CD. It is a collaboration between three different artists working in...
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Máirtín Ó Direáin composed many beautiful poems and won many awards throughout his life, and he left a store of magnificent poetry as his legacy. Therefore it is only right that the public should have access to his work in its entirety. Now for the first time ever these poems are available in a...
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