Romancing Ireland Book cover type:Hardcover to the literature and life-styles

to the literature and life-styles of Northern Ireland

commemorating the life and work of Irish poet and Nobel Laureate

literary allusion and wild humour

and finally to the spaces of the West of Ireland which he has interpreted with incomparable attention and fidelity over the past three decades

Romancing Ireland Book cover type:Hardcover to the literature and life-stylesRichard Hayward was one of Irelands best loved cultural figures of the mid twentieth century. A popular Irish travel writer, actor and singer, he led an intense and productive life, leaving behind a remarkable body of work through his writing and recordings. However, since his death in a car crash in1964, the man who was a celebrated Irish household name has suffered neglect. Born in Southport, Lancashire, Richard Hayward was raised in Larne on the