Contemporary Irish Writing
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ContemporaryIrishWriting.ie features books written in both English and Irish, ranging from fiction and poetry to memoir, young adult fiction and children’s literature.

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The Historians

Eavan Boland

2020 • Poetry, English Language

Human Chain

Seamus Heaney

2010 • Poetry, English Language

imram: odyssey

Celia de Fréine

2010 • Poetry, Bilingual

Painting Rain

Paula Meehan

2009 • Poetry, English Language

Parallax

Sinéad Morrissey

2013 • Poetry, English Language

Until Before After

Ciaran Carson

2010 • Poetry, English Language

Spindrift

Vona Groarke

2009 • Poetry, English Language

Geis

Caitríona O'Reilly

2015 • Poetry, English Language

The Boys of Bluehill

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

2015 • Poetry, English Language

The Radio

Leontia Flynn

2017 • Poetry, English Language

Tost agus Allagar

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

2016 • Poetry, Irish Language

The Whole and Rain-domed Universe

Colette Bryce

2014 • Poetry, English Language

Agus Rud Eile De

Louis De Paor

2010 • Poetry, Bilingual

Against the Clock

Derek Mahon

2018 • Poetry, English Language

Lies

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

2018 • Poetry, Bilingual

If All the World and Love Were Young

Stephen Sexton

2019 • Poetry, English Language