An Underrated Irish Poet

The Sunday Long Read: A previously unpublished interview with the late poet Leland Bardwell

One night, I was out for a drink in a rural pub in Sligo with the late Dermot Healy, and he introduced me to Leland Bardwell. She was 89 years old at the time and, despite suffering a recent stroke, still possessed a sharp mind and was well able to hold her own in conversation.