Testimonials
“Here is a brilliant writer. She is a young poet with an old soul. By that I mean she has ancient wisdom and thrust but also a modern, searching, brave sensibility. Clodagh Beresford Dunne is a writer in love with language.
— Edna O'BrienShe was raised in a local newspaper family (‘The Dungarvan Observer in which, during her childhood, her grandfather was editor and her father and her mother both worked) and her writing was first published there at the age of 8. “She domesticates genius.”
— Thomas McCarthy“These poems are brave and necessary.”
— Jan Beatty (USA)“I am certain that Clodagh Beresford Dunne is one of the great up and coming poets of our times.”
- Professor Melanie Almeder, Virginia USA
“Her passion and commitment to poetry is infectious. In addition to her talent as a writer, Clodagh Beresford Dunne is an ambassador of poetry and literature.
- Professor Michael Paul Thomas, Director,
Visiting Writers’ Series, Monmouth University, New Jersey, USA.- Professor Melanie Almeder, Virginia USA