Ag Greadadh Bas Sa Reilig - Clapping in the Cemetery

"Ag Greadadh Bas sa Reilig - Clapping in the Cemetery" is the new selection of poetry from Louis de Paor, with English translations, published by Clo Iar-Chonnachta.

The poems in this book are drawn from four previous collections in Irish: "Proca Solais is Luatha" (1988), "30 Dan" (1992), "Seo.

Siud. Agus Uile" (1996), and "Corcach agus Danta Eile" (1999), all of which are now out of print.

This substantial new selection of 59 poems will be welcomed by many who are curious to discover Louis de Paor's poetry, but have been unable to do so until now as these poems have not previously been published in translation in this country.

The foreword by Dr Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith is a wonderfully succinct introduction to de Paor's poetry.

He describes the selection as 'an energetic, even boisterous, body of poetry, enlivened by a gift for the unexpected but compelling metaphor, ever ready to invite the reader to look afresh at the world of the everyday.

These are poems that effectively combine emotion and intellect, sensuousness and insight, humour and melancholy.' Those who are new to de Paor's poetry have much to look forward to in "Ag Greadadh Bas sa Reilig - Clapping in the Cemetery". Those who are already familiar with his work can enjoy rediscovering it.