Éibhleann Ní Ghríofa runs Scéal Eile bookshop in Ennis, Co Clare with her husband Pat Hynes writes Marjorie Brennan.

THE story of how Doireann Ní Ghríofa started writing poetry six years ago is bizarre but also somewhat fitting for this warm, dreamy and gentle writer who was awarded the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary 2014-2015 by Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paula Meehan.