The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry features the work of the greatest
Irish poets, from the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel
laureates W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, from Jonathan Swift and
Oliver Goldsmith to Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill,
along with a profusion of lyrics, love poems, satires, ballads and
songs. Reflecting Ireland's complex past and lively present, this
collection of Irish verse is an indispensable guide...
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