Although Eilean Ni Chuilleanain has done as much as anyone to map out newterritories for Irish poetry her poems...are never happier than whensequestering themse... » 

Although Eilean Ni Chuilleanain has done as much as anyone to map out newterritories for Irish poetry her poems...are never happier than whensequestering themselves or seeking out some comfortable hideyhole away frompublic view. ...but to the mysteries of her work can be added what is by now anopen secret that she has written some of the most skillfully crafted andrewarding poetry of the past thirty years a verdict only confirmed by The GirlWho Married the Reindeer. «