• William Carleton, from The Autobiography (1896; rep. MacGibbon & Kee 1968).
• Charles McGlinchey, from The Last of the Name, edited and introduced by Brian Friel (Blackstaff Press 1986).
• Shan F. Bullock, from After Sixty Years (London: Sampson, Low and Marston 1931).
• Forrest Reid, from Apostate (London: Constable & Co 1926).
• Florence Mary McDowell, from Other Days Around Me (1966; rep. Blackstaff 1972), and Roses and Rainbows (Blackstaff 1972).
• Denis Ireland, from From the Irish Shore (London: Rich & Cowan 1936), and Statues Round the City Hall (London: Cresset Press 1939).
• C. S. Lewis, from Surprised by Joy (1955; rep. Fontana Books 1966).
• George Buchanan, from Green Sea Seacoast (London: Gaberbocchus 1959), and Morning Papers (London: Gaberbocchus 1965).
• Patrick Kavanagh, from The Green Fool (1938; rep. MacGibbon & Kee 1971).
• Louis MacNeice, from The Strings Are False (1965; rep. Faber & Faber 1982).
• Patrick Shea, from Voices and the Sounds of Drums (Blackstaff 1981).
• Sam Hanna Bell, from Erin’s Orange Lily (London: Dennis Dobson 1956).
• John Boyd, from Out of My Class (Blackstaff 1985).
• Robert Greacen, from Even Without Irene (Dolmen 1969).
• Sam McAughtry, from The Sinking of the Kenbane Head (Blackstaff 1977).
• Robert Harbinson, from No Surrender (Blackstaff 1977).
• Tomás Ó Canainn, from Home to Derry (Blackstaff 1986).
• Michael Longley, ‘Tu’penny Stung’, [in] Poetry Review, vol. 74, no.4.
• Polly Devlin, from All of Us There (1983; rep. Pan Books 1984).
• Bernadette Devlin, from The Price of My Soul (1969; rep. Pan. 1969).
• Robert Johnstone, from Images of Belfast (Blackstaff 1983).

Biographical Notes; Bibliography, Acknowledgements.