Poetry collection from award-winning Irish poet and short story writer.

A collection of pioneering essays by one of the leading researchers in Irish women's history, this is a sister collection to Margaret Mac Curtain's Ariadne's Thread: Writing Women into Irish History.

"13 essays ... in tribute to Hilda Tweedy (1911-2005) and the Irish housewives Association (1942-1992)"--P. [4] of cover.

Presents new short fiction by thirty of Ireland's best established and emerging writers. From small town streets in millennium Ireland to the frontline trenches of World War I, these stories are filled with menace, intrigue, and wit.