Powered by immense, perverse energy out of the Limerick idiom, the collection generates a singular music that is memorable, unsettling and humane. Moments of beauty dazzle amid the profanity, as pathos and comedy are braided together * Guardian *
Eerie, dark and twisted . . . Blindboy's passion for Irish nature, mythology and folklore lends a spiritual profundity * Buzz *
One of the most gifted writers of his generation * Michael Harding - Irish Times *
A bestseller in the bag * Irish Independent *
A cultural phenomenon...
Earnest and intellectual, but also funny and down-to-earth....
Talking to him can feel like skittering around a galaxy of Wikipedia wormholes (in a good way)
* New York Times *
One of the best books I have ever read -- Johnny Marr