Mythical beauty and hidden histories- the debut collection exploring the magic and loneliness of Connemara, County Galway
In her deeply moving debut collection, Majella Kelly explores gender, religion, the beauty of the landscape - both human and mythical - of Connemara, Co Galway, and that county's terrible legacy of infant mass graves. Reckoning with this history, Kelly elevates it to poetry, combining a profound reverence for those who died with a sensitivity and clarity that illuminates the modern realities of the country in which they might have lived. This astonishing collection is the work of a remarkable new poet, one who is at her strongest not in introspection, but in the lyrical contemplation of the world outside herself.
