So good to read this and recall the immersive reading experience of A Ghost in the Throat by #DoireannNíGhríofa
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25
Today on the blog, a post for #readingirelandmonth25 hosted by @cathybrown746.bsky.social “We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime.” (Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/03/12/w...
“We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime.” (Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat)
I felt quite intimidated approaching A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (2020) for Cathy’s Reading Ireland Month. A piece of auto-fiction woven around a 18th century Irish-language lament…
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March 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
So good to read this and recall the immersive reading experience of A Ghost in the Throat by #DoireannNíGhríofa
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25
The procedure complete,
I wake alone, weak under starched sheets.
As the hospital sleeps, my fingers fumble
over the sutured scar, a jagged map
of mourning stitched into my skin —
empty without and empty within.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Recovery Room, Maternity Ward
#womenpoets
#doireannníghríofa
I wake alone, weak under starched sheets.
As the hospital sleeps, my fingers fumble
over the sutured scar, a jagged map
of mourning stitched into my skin —
empty without and empty within.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Recovery Room, Maternity Ward
#womenpoets
#doireannníghríofa
November 21, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The procedure complete,
I wake alone, weak under starched sheets.
As the hospital sleeps, my fingers fumble
over the sutured scar, a jagged map
of mourning stitched into my skin —
empty without and empty within.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Recovery Room, Maternity Ward
#womenpoets
#doireannníghríofa
I wake alone, weak under starched sheets.
As the hospital sleeps, my fingers fumble
over the sutured scar, a jagged map
of mourning stitched into my skin —
empty without and empty within.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Recovery Room, Maternity Ward
#womenpoets
#doireannníghríofa
Wer es verpasst hat, hier findet ihr die Aufzeichnung #DoireannNíGhríofa #ilb_festival #berlin #irland #galway
September 27, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Wer es verpasst hat, hier findet ihr die Aufzeichnung #DoireannNíGhríofa #ilb_festival #berlin #irland #galway
Hon skriver inte bara lysande prosa (Ett spöke i strupen). Hennes poesi är även den riktigt bra. Olika uttryck. Denna en
engelsk-irisk utgåva (Lies). #DoireannNíGhríofa
engelsk-irisk utgåva (Lies). #DoireannNíGhríofa
February 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hon skriver inte bara lysande prosa (Ett spöke i strupen). Hennes poesi är även den riktigt bra. Olika uttryck. Denna en
engelsk-irisk utgåva (Lies). #DoireannNíGhríofa
engelsk-irisk utgåva (Lies). #DoireannNíGhríofa
#DoireannNiGhriofa on 'Said The Dead' true stories of patients at a Victorian psychiatric hospital; a place she may have found herself at a different time.
"there’s a bruised element to living in the immediate aftermath & in the ongoingness of such institutions”
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"there’s a bruised element to living in the immediate aftermath & in the ongoingness of such institutions”
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‘I’m so grateful I got to live these days’: A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on recovering from depression
The acclaimed author and poet talks about her new book, telling the true stories of patients at a derelict Victorian psychiatric hospital – a place in which she might have found herself at a different...
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May 29, 2026 at 11:59 AM
#DoireannNiGhriofa on 'Said The Dead' true stories of patients at a Victorian psychiatric hospital; a place she may have found herself at a different time.
"there’s a bruised element to living in the immediate aftermath & in the ongoingness of such institutions”
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
"there’s a bruised element to living in the immediate aftermath & in the ongoingness of such institutions”
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
August 17, 2024 at 6:39 PM