Gearóid Denvir is one of the most productive critics writing in Irish over the past twenty years, a fact frequently recognised in literary competitions. This is a collection of some of his finest essays on writers such as Pádraic Ó Conaire, Pádraig Ó Cíobháin, Seán Ó Ríordáin, the Innti generation of poets and Connemara poet, Johnny Chóil Mhaidhc Ó Coisdealbha. Also included are essays on the Irish language and the living oral tradition of the Gaeltacht areas.