Selected Poems: Rogha Dánta(Bright Wave)

First published in 1988, Selected Poems: Rogha Dánta by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, with translations by Michael Hartnett, played a majoy roll in bridging the historical divide between Irish poets writing in irish and those writing in English. At the same time, these poems--drawn from folklore, dream and mythology, yet giving voice to an utterly new world--helped to copperfasten Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's reputation as one of Ireland's foremost poets, irrespective of language or gender.

Reissued by New Island Books with a new afterword by the author, Selected Poems: Rogha Dánta remains a landmark text in Irish poetry publishing.

'Nuala's Irish is like that of children brought up by their grandmothers, a hundred years old, a kind of miracle of survival. I can only say that I hear the tribe speaking through her. . . . Her talent is profound and exuberant; her command of the medium absolute.' --Máire Mhac an tSaoi