Padraig J. Daly was born in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland, and is an Augustinian priest working in Dublin. He has published four previoius collections with Dedalus, including his new and selected poems, The Last Dreamers, in 1999. In Clinging to the Myth, he further explores issues of faith and belief, particularly in relation to the challenge of personal loss and bereavement. He reflects too on the emerging post-Christian Ireland and uses the voices of 18th century Gaelic poetry to reflect on the sufferings of modern war-torn peoples.