The title poem from this collection is set on an island that has been a site of pilgrimage in Ireland for over a thousand years. A narrative sequence, it is an autobiographical quest concerned with 'the growth of a poet's mind'. The long poem is preceded by a section of shorter lyrics and leads into a third group of poems in which the poet's voice is at one with the voice of the legendary mad King Sweeney.
'Surpasses even what one might reasonably expect from this magnificently gifted poet.' John Carey, Sunday Times
- ISBN10 0571262767
- ISBN13 9780571262762
- Publish Date 25 November 2010 (first published 15 October 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Language English