Kerry on My Mind

"A poet and primary school teacher, Fitzmaurice explores the role of the poet and teacher within a community. Noting the importance of the poet in Irish society since ancient times." - Library Journal

Gabriel Fitzmaurice teaches in the local Primary School in Moyvane, Co. Kerry.

Introduction

1

(3)

A Kerry of the Mind

4

(4)

My Own Place

8

(4)

The Listowel Literary Phenomenon

12

(3)

The Singular Achievement of John B. Keane

15

(3)

The Bodhran Makers

18

(3)

Culpable Innocence?

21

(4)

Schooldays

25

(3)

`Missing' the Master

28

(3)

The Gift of Ink: The Legacy of Bryan Mac Mahon

31

(6)

`Muse, I Claim Your Attention': Celebrating Kerry in Song

37

(4)

Poetry and School

41

(3)

Approaching Pentecost: Poetry in Contemporary Society

44

(4)

Becoming Song: Brendan Kennelly -- A Ballylongford of the Heart

48

(10)

From Pig-killer to Rain-man: Brendan Kennelly's The Man Made of Rain

58

(4)

Irish Poetry Now: Other Voices

62

(5)

`No Man Is An Island'

67

(2)

Creating the Conscience of the Race: A Portrait of the Artist as a National School Teacher

69

(8)

The Poet in the Classroom

77

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