Primary texts:
Derek Mahon, Harbour Lights (2005)
Medbh McGuckian, The Currach Requires No Harbours (2006)
Caitríona O'Reilly, The Sea Cabinet (2006)
Maurice Scully, Humming (2009)
Paul Muldoon, Maggot (2010)
Alan Gillis, Here Comes the Night (2010)
David Wheatley, A Nest on the Waves (2010)
Peter McDonald, Torchlight (2011)
Conor O'Callaghan, The Sun King (2013)
Sinéad Morrissey, Parallax (2013)
Vona Groarke, X (2014)
Eavan Boland, A Woman Without a Country (2014)
For younger Irish poets, see the September 2015 issue of Poetry
Some of the above texts are available in the dept library; all are available in PDF form here.
Recommended secondary reading:
Fran Brearton and Alan Gillis,eds., The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Poetry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
Matthew Campbell, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Michael Cronin, Translating Ireland: Translation, Languages, Cultures (Cork: Cork University Press, 1996) Translation and Identity (London; New York: Routledge, 2006).
Edna Longley, The Living Stream: Literature and Revisionism in Ireland (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1994).
Justin Quinn, The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800-2000 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Clair Wills, Improprieties: Politics and Sexuality in Northern Irish Poetry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993).
Last update: UAAQUINJ (11.09.2015)
