Pádraig J Daly was born in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford in 1943 and is now working as an Augustinian priest in Dublin. He has published several collections of poetry, among them The Last Dreamers: New & Selected Poems (1999) and The Other Sea (2003), as well as his translations from the Italian of Edoardo Sanguineti, Libretto (1999) and Joy and Mourning (reissued 2007). In his new collection of poems, Clinging to the Myth, he refelects on grief and personal bereavement and uses the voices of 18th century Gaelic poetry to respond to the challenges of a post-Christian Ireland.
Clinging to the Myth is launched on Tuesday 13 February, 2007 at the Unitarian Church, St. Stephen's Green west, Dublin 2, commencing at 7.00 pm. Further details can be found on the author's page of the Dedalus Press website, here.
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