Laughter of Mothers
''Thank you, O golden mother, / For giving me a life,'' says Paul Durcan in this brilliant new collection, a poignant tribute to ''the first woman I ever knew''. Sheila MacBride came from a political family – her uncle John MacBride was executed in 1916 for his part in the Easter Uprising – but when Sheila married into the ''black, red-roaring, fighting Durcans of Mayo'' she was obliged to give up...
''Thank you, O golden mother, / For giving me a life,'' says Paul Durcan in this brilliant new collection, a poignant tribute to ''the first woman I ever knew''. Sheila MacBride came from a political family – her uncle John MacBride was executed in 1916 for his part in the Easter Uprising – but when Sheila married into the ''black, red-roaring, fighting Durcans of Mayo'' she was obliged to give up...
