Launch of It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This by Miriam O’Donohoe.

DATE: 14  August 2026; VENUE: The Good House, Inagh, Co. Clare; LAUNCHED
BY: Burren Poet /Philosopher Patrick McCormack

Revival Press is proud to announce the forthcoming launch of Miriam O’Donohoe’s debut
poetry collection, It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This – a lyrical and deeply rooted
celebration of rural life in County Clare.

Drawing on her childhood in the Burren’s limestone valleys and the rich storytelling tradition
passed down through her family, O’Donohoe invites readers to walk beside her through
landscapes where history, mythology, and lived memory intertwine. Her poems move with
the rhythm of the seasons, capturing the joys and hardships of farm life, the rituals of
community, and the profound connection between people and place.

The collection is steeped in the textures of rural Ireland: heifers and sheepdogs, wildflowers
and birdsong, the Atlantic always near, offering what poet Stephen Roger Powers calls “a
long leisurely walk through the poet’s beloved County Clare… a reliable drystone wall along
the road, always guiding the reader to ‘happily wander home.’”

Critics and fellow writers have praised the book’s emotional clarity and pastoral richness:

*Sandra Yannone, author of The Glass Studio, describes it as “a golden harvest of
poetry… where the farmer’s earthly canvas weaves a patchwork quilt.”

*Brendan Dunford, founder of the Burrenbeo Trust, notes that the poems “gently
evoke rural scenes, characters and moments that will resonate with many.”

*John Connell, writer and producer, calls it “a wonderful collection speaking not only
to farming but to the life she knows and loves.”

*Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Poetry, says “Miriam O’Donohoe brings the hedgerow to
life & the rhythms of the sun & moon woven into country living like a Brigid’s Cross
reminds us of Ireland’s relationship with the land.”

At the heart of the book is Miriam’s belief in connection, between land and people, past and
present, memory and imagination. Her poems honour a way of life shaped by freedom,
curiosity, and community, echoing the stories she absorbed as a child in a home alive with
visitors, folklore, and conversation.