Uimhir a Seacht: On Gcroi Nach Dtuigeann

by Louis de Paor

56 pages, Hardcover

About the author

Louis de Paor was educated at University College Cork. He has published articles on a broad range of writing in Irish from the court poetry of medieval Ireland to the work of contemporary poets such as Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Michael Davitt. His books include a study of narrative technique in the short fiction of Máirtín Ó Cadhain and an anthology of twentieth century poetry in Irish co-edited with Seán Ó Tuama. He is currently working on a study of the writings of Flann O’Brien and is Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway. Current research interests include twentieth-century writing in Irish and in English; translation studies; the works of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Flann O’Brien, Seán Ó Ríordáin and early modern Irish poetry.