Abstract
Review essay: Recognized as the father of modern poetry in the Irish language, Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910-1988) is now for the first time introduced to the American reader, in a bilingual selection edited and translated by Frank Sewell. In addition to marking a decisive step in the international reception of this highly acclaimed author, the publication of Selected Poems / Rogha Dánta by Wake Forest University Press contributes to a string of events over the past ten years aimed at a twenty-first century revaluation of Ó Direáin's work.