Madam, - I am editing an anthology of Irish war poetry for publication by Blackstaff Press.
Earth Voices Whispering: Irish War Poetry 1914-1945 will bring together, for the first time, experiences of the first and second world wars, as well as conflict in Ireland - the Easter Rising, War of Independence, Irish Civil War - and the Spanish Civil War, in addition to various contemporary reflections on these events.
If any of your readers could help with information on the following writers it would be greatly appreciated: Eileen Shanahan (born 1901), Seán Jennett (1910), Patrick Maybin (1916), George Hetherington (1916), Bruce Williamson (1922), George Duggan (died Gallipoli 1915 aged 29), G Haslett Connor (born Warrenpoint, 1919), John Gallen (died 1947), Eileen Brennan, Terence Ward, Ruddock Millar, Liam Mac Gabhann and George Brady. - Yours, etc,
GERALD DAWE,
School of English,
Trinity College,
Dublin 2.