Going Home to Wyoming – John Ennis

Munster Express | 23rd Mar 2021 | Art & Literature, Entertainment Liam Murphy The Book Hub Publishing Group have produced another milestone in the diverse and inspirational literary career of John Ennis with, Going Home To Wyoming (Later Selected Poems 2000 – 2020). The work John Ennis has done as a poet and educator (Head Of Humanities at WIT) has marked him…

A Millennial’s Insight into Irish Republicanism and the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ by Aindriú Inglis

Introduction The inspiration behind this publication came from my Dissertation studies, which I completed at the end of April 2016 in University College Dublin, Ireland. The dissertation focused on specific issues and events during the period of 1968 – 1998 that are widely accepted in academic literature as having transformed the Provisional Movement from an anti…

Why Wyoming? Introduction to Later Selected Poems of John Ennis (2000-2020) ‘Going Home To Wyoming’

WHY WYOMING . . . ? Going Home to Wyoming, the Later Selected Poems 2000–2020 of John Ennis by Book Hub Publishing, complements his earlier Selected Poems (Dedalus, 1997). This “Later Selected” includes poems from publications of the author’s work since his Selected Poems (Dedalus, 1997). Thirteen publications are drawn upon, starting with Tráithníní (Dedalus, 2000) and finishing with Turangalîla-Palestine (Dairbhre, 2019).…

From Kildare to ‘Uteskola’

Growing up surrounded by the quiet countryside of Kildare during the nineties, I developed a great interest in the natural world. I enjoyed walks and cycles on my quiet country roads and got my teeth stuck into the local football pitch. Unphased by mud, wind and the constant rain, the outdoors was my playground and,…