Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (born 1954)

Dennis O'Driscoll

Irish poet, essayist, critic and editor (1954–2012)

Dennis O'Driscoll was an Irish poet, essayist, critic and editor. Regarded as one of the best European poets of his time, Eileen Battersby considered him "the lyric equivalent of William Trevor" and a better poet "by far" than Raymond Carver. Gerard Smyth regarded him as "one of…