A Fine Statement - An Irish Poet's Anthology

For 'A Fine Statement', John McDonagh asked twenty-two of Ireland's best-loved poets to choose their five favourite poems from their own lifetime of work, and to write a brief introduction explaining their choice. The result is a wonderfully revealing and eclectic mix of poems, some familiar, some surprising. The poets featured are Pat Boran, Ciaran Carson, Harry Clifton, Theo Dorgan, Paul Durcan, Peter Fallon, Kerry Hardie, Seamus Heaney, Rita Ann Higgins, Brendan Kennelly, Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, Medbh McGuckian, Paula Meehan, John Montague, Sinead Morrissey, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Bernard O'Donoghue, Cathal Ó Searchaigh and Mícheál Ó Siadhail.