Thomas Kinsella

Thomas Kinsella resigned from Irish Department of Finance in 1965 for a career in poetry, and now lives in Philadelphia. He was made Freeman of the City of Dublin in 2005. His most recent collection is Late Poems (Carcanet, 2013); translations from Irish include the eighth-century prose epic Tain Bo Cuailgne. He is Editor, with translations, of the New Oxford Book of Irish Verse.


Thomas Kinsella's work featured in PN Review comprises five reports, six contributions of poetry, and two articles, over a period of 24 years. Also available are four reviews of Thomas Kinsella's work and one interview with Thomas Kinsella.

Further Reading

Poetry in PN Review 93 (1993) 'In Memory'
Poetry in PN Review 100 (1994) Five Poems
Poetry in PN Review 116 (1997) Three Poems
Poetry in PN Review 133 (2000) Three Poems
Poetry in PN Review 165 (2005) Five Poems
Poetry in PN Review 177 (2007) Four Poems
Article in PN Review 89 (1993) W.B Yeats, the British Empire, James Joyce and Mother Grogan
Article in PN Review 93 (1993) Origins of Anglo-Irish
Reviewed by Lawrence Sail in PN Review 71 (1990) on Irish Poets
Reviewed by Matthew Francis in PN Review 103 (1995) on Thomas Kinsella
Reviewed by Alex Davis in PN Review 145 (2002) on Kinsella's Collected Poems
Reviewed by John McAuliffe in PN Review 180 (2008) on Thomas Kinsella
Interviewed by Adam Hanna in PN Review 242 (2018) Thomas Kinsella

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