This selection of poetry by the Irish born poet, Liam Ó Comáin, in the main relates to the valley of the river Roe in Co. Derry in the north of Ireland. The author was born and reared in the main town of the valley namely-Limavady.
The author from his childhood had an interest in his country’s travelling singers and musicians many of whom visited the Roe Valley. Also influenced by his late mother’s rendering of Irish ballads laid the basis for his interest in poetry. An interest which grew from his reading of the writings of Burns, Frost, Yeats, Pearse, Ledwidge and Patrick Kavanagh amongst others. Books obtained from his local library then situated in the Main Street of Limavady.
The author from his childhood had an interest in his country’s travelling singers and musicians many of whom visited the Roe Valley. Also influenced by his late mother’s rendering of Irish ballads laid the basis for his interest in poetry. An interest which grew from his reading of the writings of Burns, Frost, Yeats, Pearse, Ledwidge and Patrick Kavanagh amongst others. Books obtained from his local library then situated in the Main Street of Limavady.
