
Published in order of first publication as far as possible, this selection ranges from initial offerings such as 'Tinker's Wife' and 'Inniskeen Road: July Evening' to his tragic masterpiece 'The Great Hunger' (1942) and his celebratory later verse, 'To Hell with Common Sense'...


A collection of modern Irish poetry from post-colonial poet Patrick Kavanagh, 1904-67, which focuses on common and banal aspects of contemporary life. First published in 1992.