To celebrate the wonders of her work on the occasion of her 80th birthday an array of international writers have selected a poem by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and provide an essay on their choice. Edited by Peter Fallon

Contributors:
Michael Augustin l Tara Bergin l Sujata Bhatt Colette Bryce l Kimberly Campanello l Aingeal Clare Gerald Dawe l Sasha Dugdale l Anne Enright Martina Evans l Peter Fallon l John FitzGerald Tom French l Kevin Graham l Lavinia Greenlaw Vona Groarke l James Harpur l Seán Hewitt Eleanor Hooker l Maria Johnston l Victoria Kennefick Frances Leviston l Aoife Lyall l Thomas Lynch Seán Lysaght l Aifric Mac Aodha l John McAuliffe Thomas McCarthy l Frank McGuinness l Audrey Molloy Paul Muldoon l Caitríona Ní Chléirchín Annemarie Ní Churreáin l Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh Mary O’Donnell l Bernard O’Donoghue l Olivia O’Leary Carl Phillips l Leeanne Quinn l Billy Ramsell l Peter Sirr Gerard Smyth l Karen Solie l Colm Tóibín Molly Twomey l Rosanna Warren l David Wheatley Grace Wilentz l Vincent Woods l Enda Wyley