‘No more valuable and compelling book will be published in Ireland this year.’ Bernard O’Donoghue
‘A profound exploration of the time and space of legend and poetry.’ Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
‘In this wonderful book, Paddy Bushe allows us to experience a beloved landscape, made all the richer by his poetic eye and his deep knowledge and appreciation.’ Eibhear Walshe
‘Landscape is viewed in this book as the embodiment of story, belief and creative art.’ Heather Laird
An Exploration in the Imagination of Iveragh
Paddy Bushe
Paddy Bushe has published thirteen collections of poetry, four of which are in Irish. He has also published nine volumes of translation between Irish, English and Scottish Gaelic. He edited Voices at the World’s Edge: Irish Poets on Skellig Michael. A member of Aosdána, he has received the Irish Times Poetry Award, the Michael Hartnett Award and Duais Sheáin Uí Ríordáin.
Born in Dublin, he has, with his family, lived for more than half a century on the shore of Ballinskelligs Bay in Kerry.
Although much of his poetry originated in travels in places such as Nepal, China, Morocco and Greenland, the primary and longstanding source of his work has been the land- and seascape of his adoptive home, especially the evolving culture inherent in it.
Photograph © John Minihan
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