Irish Literature

The World’s Doubleness

From the natural world to the grit and banality of everyday life

Irish Literature

A Female Text

Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s writing in her first prose work is as compelling and accomplished as in her best poetry. The book reveals her as a…

Irish Literature

Raiders and Settlers

In a splendid English-language volume of tribute, multiple translators from the Irish verse ensure that no one voice substitutes itself for the voice of the…

Irish Literature

Cat Menagerie

Afric McGlinchey’s second collection revolves around a central conceit – the fisher cat, familiar of the fifteenth century alchemist Dom Perlet. Drowned by ‘vigilantes’ in…