Contents: John Montague Slow Dance [223] . Lorraine Weir Phoenix Park in Finnegafls wake [230] .Hugh Maxtofl A Blank Map [250] .Malcolm Kelsall Synge in Aran [254] .Michael Smith Three Poems [271] .Hugh Shields The Proper Words: A Discussion on Folk Song and Literary Poetry [274] .Seamus Deafle Three Poems [292] .IASAIL Bibliography Bulletin for 1973 [295] .Reviews by George Zarnecki, Maurice Harmon, Christopher Murray, James Mays, Rivers Carew, Stan Smith, Art Cosgrave, Denis Johnston, Colin Owens, Paul Botheroyd, Michael Scott. [320] .BOOKS RECEIVED [345]