Leabhar na hathghabhála: Poems of Repossession translation Joey Frances is Based in

Joey Frances is Based in Manchester

that tell ‘how our hurts come down … hard and without warning’

‘One of the fascinating aspects of this anthology is to note the cross currents and influences that have shaped the poetry included in it and to see how a legitimate desire to preserve one’s roots does not necessarily cut one off from the wider world

this is a fine collection from a poet at the top of his game

deeply humane and spiritually profound

Leabhar na hathghabhála: Poems of Repossession translation Joey Frances is Based inPBS Recommended Translation Summer 2016 Irish English bilingual edition This is the first comprehensive critical anthology of modern poetry in Irish with English translations. It forms a sequel to Sen Tuama and Thomas Kinsellas pioneering anthology, An Duanaire 1600 1900 Poems of the Dispossessed (1981), but features many more poems in covering the work of 25 poets from the past century. It includes poems by Pdraig Mac Piarais and Liam S. Ggan from