Tar Éis a Bháis

This volume brings together a series of lectures given on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta to celebrate the life and work of the Irish language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916-77). Along with a stimulating analysis, by Stiofáin Ó Cadhla, on the Rabelesian nature of Ó Ríordáin’s work and his relationship with Béaloideas, and a detailed study of Ó Ríordáin’s best loved poem, “Cúl an Tí”, by Pádraigín Riggs, Tar Éis a Bháis is remarkable for the personal recollections of Seán Ó Ríordáin recorded within its p..