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Available online from Cló Iar-Chonnachta From the reviews of Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha: Celia de Fréine's work resonates with expectation…There is
exceptional imagery, enigmatic composure, gender-based humour, and
linguistic assuredness. Celia de Fréine is a remarkable writer in her own write…but also as a
bilingual author, managing to find le mot juste and just the word in two
languages. As for the world of de Fréine's poems, it is unmistakeable once you
are in it. It is like surrealism without any intrusive special effects
which might have taken it out of the everyday of
experience... Celia de Fréine's latest poems let ordinary plots of perception
surrender to fable or, abbreviated, to the parable of the moment…And
most of these poems have stunning closures that, with
well-planned oxymora, waylay the reader's expectations, just as a poem
ought. She is a strong and often witty storyteller who is particularly
interested in listening for hidden tales to surface from below the
merely anecdotal. These tales derive their power from mythic details,
whether it is an allusion to the Celtic tradition…or dreams of the
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