Contents: Acknowledgments [177] Contributors [180] Muiris Mac Conghail Poet of the Bright Thread: The Poetry of Mairtiii 6 Direain [181] Patrick Sheeran Genius Fabulae: The Irish Sense of Place [191] Ellen Shannon-Mangan New Letters from James Clarence Mangan to John O'Donovan [207] Mary A. O'Toole The Theory of Serialism in The ThirdPoliceman [215] .GeraldDawe Memo to J. J. [226] Robert Welch Speechifying and the Breaking of It [228] Mary E. 0' Donnell Filial [229] Ascent [230] The Last Link [231] Henry Hart Ghostly Colloquies: Seamus Heaney's [233] Station Island Heinz Kosok Anthologies of Anglo-lrish Literature: 1772-1986: A Checklist [251] F. x. Martin OSA In Memoriam John Jordan [263] IASAIL Bibliography Bulletin for 1987 [276] Reviews by: Christopher Murray, John Fanagan, Joris Duytschaever, Niall McMonagle, Mary Banotti MEP, Fergus D' Arcy, Maurice Harmon. [337] Books Received: [354]