This Festschrift for Professor Tadhg Foley of the National University of Ireland Galway who retired in 2009 gathers together international contributors in the fields of poetry politics and academia to honour this great mans life and work. Professor Foley has not only been central in the development of Irish Studies and ColonialPostcolonial Studies in Ireland and in the United States but he has also enjoyed a long career as convivial host in his thatched cottage in Salthill Galway. He remains one of the most popular and beloved figures in Irish academia. Among the eminent scholars included in the volume are Terry Eagleton Robert Young Penny Boumelha David Lloyd Luke Gibbons Joep Leerssen and Maud Ellmann. The book is further enriched by poets Bernard ODonoghue Louis de Paor Rita Ann Higgins Michael D. Higgins and Tom Duddy. This collection is a rare and distinctive gathering of true and resonant voices offering a unique portrait of late twentiethcentury Irish literary and academic culture and its interplay with the United States.