The originals of most of the poems here translated will be found in the collection of love poetry edited by Professor O'Rahilly under the title 'Danta Gradha.' These poems correspond in time to the lyrics of the Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline poets in English. In their peculiar mingling of beauty and ironic wit they remind us in particular of the Cavalier poetry which drew much of its inspiration from John Donne, and some of the authors, for ...

Contents: In the Seven Woods; Old Age of Queen Maeve; Baile and Aillinn; The Arrow; Folly of Being Comforted; Withering of the Boughs; Adam's Curse; Song of Red Hanrahan; Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water; Under the Moon; Players Ask for a Blessing on the Psalteries and Themselves; Rider From the North; On Baile's Strand, A Play. ...

This play was originally written in 1889 under the title The Wanderings of Oisin. The present play contains corrections to the manuscript, made by the author on his own copy. ...

Contents: All Soul's Night; Suggested by a Picture of a Black Centaur; Thoughts Upon the Present State of the World; New Faces; Prayer for My Son; Cuchulain the Girl and the Fool; The Wheel; A New End for the King's Threshold; Notes-On Thoughts Upon the Present State of the World, The New End to the King's Threshold. ...

An evocative play about Virginia Woolf's life and relationships with her husband, Leonard, and her lover, Vita Sackville-West.
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An entertaining anthology of extracts from autobiographies, biographies, novels, short stories and poems about the Scottish experience of childhood. A brightly colored tapestry of life in Scotland from 1800 to the present day.
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Essays and autobiographical material from this physician-poet. ...

For almost forty years Desmond Fennell has written lucidly and cogently on a variety of issues concerning Ireland and the Western world, often clashing with the liberal-revisionist ascendancy. In this new collection he ranges across a broad spectrum, delving into literature, art, history, religion, politics, nationalism, linguistics, academia, and the media, as well as taking the temperature of Irish society and Western civilization in general. ...

These are poems that reflect Philip McDonagh's experiences as a diplomat in several countries. He is currently the Irish Ambassador to India. There is a wide range of reference and a special approach to the history of several countries. The poetry is carefully wrought, classical in concept, including translations from Catullus. The poems move through Rome, Geneva, Copenhagen, London, Germany, and India. ...

Michael O'Dea's second collection, after his 1997 book, Sunfire, is filled with poems that are quietly concerned with social issues. There is a sympathetic understanding of those who are underprivileged in any way--the poor, the elderly, even those suffering the pangs of unrequited love. This is a poetry that is socially concerned yet moves with an ease and grace, with a humor and vividness that are altogether captivating. ...