The Best-Loved Poems from the Irish: Selected Translations of Gabriel Fitzmaurice

From the canonical to the contemporary, this dual language anthology showcases the best of Gabriel Fitzmaurice's translations from Irish. Described as 'one of our leading translators of Irish poetry into English' by Seamus Cashman, his translations are 'indispensable' (Bernard O'Donoghue), as they perfectly capture the metre and musicality of formal, classical poems, bringing them across, sound and sense, into English. He is equally skilled at translating free verse. From Dáibhí Ó Bruadair ...