Contents Poetry Ireland Review 110

John F Deane 5 editorial Michael Coady 6 the other half Margaret Nohilly 12 a dream of my father Biljana Scott 13 parsing my dead daughter Tom French 14 in memory of my mother Patrick Dillon 16 their dresses whispering Seamus Heaney 17 in memoriam dennis o’driscoll Richard Tillinghast 20 sanctuary Thomas McCarthy 21 between trains Interview 22 interview with dennis o’driscoll Dillon Johnston 32 west gate Julie O’Callaghan 33 babu will show you to your room Thomas McCarthy 34 review: eleanor hooker, mary noonan Tony Curtis 37 shillings and pence Aidan Rooney 38 ale la 39 go there Patrick Cotter 40 votive soldiers Judy Brown 41 a preparation for loneliness Gary Allen 42 walkabout Chris Agee 44 summer plums 45 europe, october 2008 Padraig Rooney 46 before the war Thomas Kabdebo 47 requiem Michael J Whelan 48 inshalla 49 revelation Alyson Hallett 50 essay: jack gilbert 55 source 56 a house called swan Doug Anderson 57 essay: jack gilbert 60 live myth 61 ars poetica Jack Gilbert 62 finding something 62 the rooster 63 waiting and finding Tom Hubbard 64 review: catherine phil maccarthy, michelle o’sullivan, martina evans Patrick Cotter 68 elysian Paddy Bushe 69 a suite on the suppression of the performing arts in tech amergin Patrick Crowley 74 essay: the poetry of gerry murphy Gerry Murphy 85 self-portrait on a christmas morning 85 cort e`ge 86 bud Ronan Sheehan 87 essay: the fortunes of catullus in ireland Mary O’Donnell 100 an irish lexicon Ciarán Mac Murchaidh 108 review: cathal ó searcaigh, paddy bushe Cathal Ó Searcaigh 112 li bai in mín a’ leá 113 the old women who knew Seán Lysaght 115 whimbrels Penelope Shuttle 116 walled garden 117 prayer / not prayer Matthew Sweeney 118 elegy for the moonman 119 the fat man William Oxley 120 a summer within Maurice Riordan 121 the hare Tom Duddy 122 why i must read charles olson again Lucy Collins 123 review: FORKED TONGUES anthology

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