Each evening, from now until the end of Reading Ireland Month, I am going to post a piece of work by some of my favourite Irish poets. Enjoy x Going Without Saying by Bernard O’Donaghue i.m. Joe Flynn It is a great pity we don’t know When the dead are going to…
Read more ‘Going Without Saying’ by Bernard O’Donaghue: A poem for #readingirelandmonth20
It’s that time again! March is coming, my favourite month in my blogging calendar, because it’s Reading Ireland Month – will you be joining us? Ah, gwan, ya will! Wherever they went the Irish brought with them their books, many unseen in Europe for centuries and tied to their waists as signs of triumph,…
For my final giveaway for Reading Ireland Month, I’m focusing on the work of two very different female writers and will be offering copies of The House by Leland Bardwell and The Closet of Savage Mementos by Nuala Ni Chonchuir, both of whose work I have reviewed this week. The Closet of Savage Mementos by…
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