Niall Macmonagle: Windharp: Poems of Ireland since 1916 [2016] paperback ZCHRI its sorrow textured by the

its sorrow textured by the poet's luminous wit

spikier emotions just barely visible under the bright surface

'Whatever happens

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Niall Macmonagle: Windharp: Poems of Ireland since 1916 [2016] paperback ZCHRI its sorrow textured by theWindharp: Niall MacMonagle's essential anthology of the last century of Irish poetry The Easter Rising of 1916 was a foundational moment of the independent Irish state; but while that insurrection continues to divide opinion, there is no disagreement as to the majesty of Yeats's 'Easter 1916', or about the excellence of the Irish poetic tradition over the past century. Windharp is an anthology that follows the twists and turns of Irish history,