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]