Mercy
Mercy Ireland. Night. Overhead, the soundless roar of the Milky Way's glittering traffic reminds us of a past that runs parallel to our own uncertain times. A grotto to the Virgin Mary illuminates a…
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Mercy
Ireland. Night. Overhead, the soundless roar of the Milky Way's glittering traffic reminds us of a past that runs parallel to our own uncertain times. A grotto to the Virgin Mary illuminates a deserted road.
The sound of gunfire approaches a Paris caf . Olives ripen in a Portuguese valley. Irish women revolutionaries march towards their future.
Tigers prowl through County Leitrim's rural townlands, whose old names emerge like neon signposts from the dark: Red Marsh, Small Watery Place, Round Hill of the Boys. R is n Kelly's Mercy is an attempt to reconcile her Catholic background with her pagan heritage, transcending the limits of a world in which everything is connected. Both intimate and political, this powerful debut collection combines a passionate exploration of self with an awestruck confrontation of wilderness.
R is n Kelly was born in west Belfast, raised in Leitrim, and now