Munster poetry is finding its rhythm

An anthology of poets who were born in the province after 1960 is the first since the late Sean Dunne’s 1985 guide, says Colette Sheridan

"THERE’S a buzz about Irish poetry in France at the moment,” says Cork academic, Cliona Ní Riordáin, who has co-edited the bilingual Poetes du Munster: 1960-2015, which will be launched at the Cork Spring Poetry Festival and is published by Illador.

Ní Riordáin, who teaches literature and translation at the Sorbonne in Paris, recently edited an anthology of Irish women poets from 1973-2013, which is also a French publication.