PADDY BUSHE was born in Dublin in 1948 and now lives in Waterville, Co. Kerry. A prize-winning poet in Irish and in English, his collections include Poems With Amergin (1989), Teanga (1990), Counsellor (1991), Digging Towards The Light (1994), In Ainneoin na gCloch (2001), Hopkins on Skellig Michael (2001) and The Nitpicking of Cranes (2004). To Ring in Silence: New and Selected Poems was published in 2008. He edited the anthology Voices at the World’s Edge: Irish Poets on Skellig Michael (Dedalus, 2010). His latest collection is My Lord Buddha of Carraig Eanna (Spring, 2012). The recipient of the Oireachtas prize for poetry in 2006, he also received the 2006 Michael Hartnett Poetry Award. He is a member of Aosdána.

"Despite the tough tone of Bushe's poetry, reflecting its material, there is an intelligent sensitivity always at work that does justice to the more tender of human experiences"
– The Irish Times

"... the voice adroit and confident, the poems strong, supple, sophisticated and articulate. "
— Macdara Woods,  Poetry Ireland Review.

" ... an adept handling of form, with a wry awareness of the limitation inherent in any formal discipline"
—Peter Denman,  Irish University Review.

Titles in Print

BUSHE, Paddy
My Lord Buddha of Carraig Eanna
97 pp, 216 x 140 mm / 5.5" x 8.5"
February 2012
ISBN 9781906614522
Price: €11.50

BUSHE, Paddy
To Ring in Silence: New and Selected Poems
With an Introduction by Bernard O'Donoghue
216 x 140 mm / 5.5" x 8.5"
February 2008

"Paddy Bushe is a significant and necessary voice in Irish poetry"—The Irish Times

"At last a book that showcases Paddy Bushe’s multifaceted poetic talent in both Irish and English. In it we see his intricate identifications with place and time, from a stern critique of Spenser and Ralegh at Smerwick to a wonderful evocation of Li Bai, the great poet of the T'ang dynasty. Section by section, the book builds up a huge metaphoric force until it leaves the reader almost punch-drunk, and all the better for that."
—Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

ISBN 978 1 904556 87 9 (bound
Price: €25

ISBN 978 1 904556 88 6 (paperback)
Price: €16