Nicola Gordon Bowe pens a sketch of Joseph Campbell the influential poet of the Irish Revival
Best known for his lyrical song, My Lagan Love, set to the traditional air rescued from oblivion by his fellow Belfast musician friend, Herbert Hughes in 1902, Joseph Campbell (1879-1944), poet, nationalist, writer and illustrator of the Irish Revival was considered ‘one of the rarest and most Gaelic minds of our time’ by his fellow poet Austin Clarke. 2 His profound awareness, knowledge and observation of folklore, the native language he loved as an intrinsic part of his instinctively deep feeling for Nature and the visionary ‘bardic insight’ he believed he had inherited never ceased to fuel his unwavering belief that Ireland should be an undivided Republic.
To the Irish in America, the irony of using funds from a Fenian club to buy a set of Malton views depicting Georgian Dublin was not apparent, writes Christian Dupont
Linda Brunker’s female avatars affirm nature and spirit. Mark Ewart talks to the Irish sculptor as she departs California for France
The magic realism of Sweeney’s transformation from man to bird continues Gabhann Dunne’s association with the natural world, writes Susan Campbell