Namanlagh by Tom Paulin Iggy Mcgovern trained to show the examiner

trained to show the examiner that she knew what each word meant

but it is through these voices

all the more powerful for being hard-won

Her melancholic examinations recall life’s uncanny ability to transform ordinary places – subways

Namanlagh by Tom Paulin Iggy Mcgovern trained to show the examinerI guess I must have been in two minds about the new day as the daylight gods began to march in straight lines going I don't know where from 'The Spare Room' In his first collection for more than a decade, Tom Paulin revisits themes of place, occupation, conflict and legacy, primarily in the context of his native Northern Ireland. Stories and memories, even histories, are shown to be both frail and persistent, troubling and vital. There is a powerful