{"product_id":"midwinter-susan-connolly","title":"Midwinter, Susan Connolly","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBrugh, Brú, Bro, Broe, Brow, Sí an Bhrú and Brú na Bóinne are some of the early placenames for the megalithic tomb of Newgrange. Traces of these survive in the names of a house, a field, a lock, a canal and a ford: Broe House, Broe Park, Broe Lock, Upper and Lower Broe and the Ford of Broe, and also in the name for the modern Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre. Cnoc Búa, meaning Bua’s Hill; Chnó-guba, meaning nut lament: both are names for Knowth. The Boyne Cable Bridge, the Mary McAleese Bridge and the M1 Bridge are different names for the same bridge. In \u003cem\u003emidwinter\u003c\/em\u003e Susan Connolly explores the local landscape of Drogheda and surrounding area in lyric shapes and visual poetry using a typewriter font, handwriting and two letter stamp sets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSusan Connolly lives in Drogheda, Co. Louth. Her poetry collections are \u003cem\u003eFor the Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e (Dedalus Press, 1993), \u003cem\u003eForest Music\u003c\/em\u003e (Shearsman Books, 2009) and \u003cem\u003eBridge of the Ford\u003c\/em\u003e (Shearsman Books, 2016). Her artist’s books \u003cem\u003eWhat Noise on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and \u003cem\u003eLooking Across the River \u003c\/em\u003e(2022) were published by Redfoxpress. Her poems are included in \u003cem\u003eThe Field Day Anthology: Volume IV\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVoices\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePoetry of Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWindharp: Poems of Ireland since 1916\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2024, with the support of the Arts Council of Ireland, she made \u003cem\u003ePOEM\u003c\/em\u003e, a handwritten poetry map of the River Boyne. \u003cem\u003ePOEM\u003c\/em\u003e is a concertina book measuring more than 3 metres long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Macha Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSoftcover, thread-sewn, french flaps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e128 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e210  x 210 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eISBN: 9781068769948\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macha Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59180682150219,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/BOOK_5_Cover_Front.jpg?v=1794226514","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/midwinter-susan-connolly","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}