Contents Poetry Ireland Review 131

Colette Bryce 5 editorial Leontia Flynn 7 nina simone is singing 11 in the municipal pool Kimberly Campanello 12 the tree 13 the monument Kit Fan 14 suddenly Derek Mahon 16 quarantine Bernadette McCarthy 18 hermits Charles Lang 20 the chase Joe Carrick-Varty 21 54 questions for the man who sold a shotgun to my father Audrey Molloy 22 the apprentice 23 like double denim Colm Tóibín 24 the last wound 26 high up Nithy Kasa 27 palm wine tapper Geraldine Mitchell 28 of fire and water Maria Johnston 30 review: eiléan ní chuilleanáin Vona Groarke 35 essay: postcard from tubbercurry Julie Morrissy 37 review: jane clarke, simon lewis, breda wall ryan Miriam Gamble 40 essay: postcard from edinburgh Alex Pryce 42 interview: sinéad morrissey Paul Batchelor 51 review: john mcauliffe, tom french, mary o’malley Dolores Stewart 56 guthanna 57 achainí in aisce Dairena Ní Chinnéide 58 aithne 59 lámha láidir 60 staonadh Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh 61 déanadh fearann fianaise 62 les anglos SE RÉVEILLENT Caitríona O’Reilly 63 essay: postcard from lincoln Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan 65 essay: postcard from dublin Jody Allen Randolph 67 essay: remembering eavan Eavan Boland 72 anonymous 73 the historians Stephen de Búrca 74 lenition Tanvi Roberts 76 poet laureate James Giddings 77 kitchen nightmares Claudine Toutoungi 78 montaigne’s moustache 79 cumberbatch Harry Clifton 80 a woman drives across ireland

Lorraine McArdle 82 in defence of industry Mark Callanan 83 primer 84 the highlight reel Catherine Ann Cullen 85 plámás Stav Poleg 86 et tu? Michael Symmons Roberts 88 cloud of unknowing Sree Sen 90 semantics Martha Kapos 92 where continuous Padraig Regan 93 vermeer’s SUPPER AT EMMAUS 94 a snail Grace Wilentz 95 late night restorative Thomas McCarthy 96 review: gerard smyth, gerald dawe, john o’donnell Seán Hewitt 101 review: philip gross, medbh mcguckian, moyra donaldson Ben Keatinge 104 essay: irish surrealism: the nomad blaze Ailbhe Darcy 113 essay: postcard from cardiff Jessica Traynor 115 review: róisín kelly, david toms, linda mckenna Vona Groarke 119 review: deryn rees-jones, jericho brown Maurice Riordan 123 essay: postcard from london

Notes on Contributors 124