A Quarter of an Hour

Sep 21, 2026

A Quarter of an Hour is a poetry collection by Leanne O’Sullivan, gathering works first published across multiple literary outlets and edited publications, alongside acknowledgements to editors, institutions, and personal supporters. The front matter includes author biography, copyright and publication details, legal notice, cover and printing credits, and a table of contents organized into sections I, II, and III. The contents list sequences and individual poems spanning themes of wildness, devotion, memory, and the human body, culminating in notes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages68

Reading Time1 h 45 min

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LEANNE O'SULLIVAN # A QUARTER of an HOUR . # A QUARTER OF AN HOUR Leanne O'Sullivan was born in 1983,and comes fromthe Beara peninsula in West Cork.She received anMA in English in 2006 from University College,Cork,where she now teaches.The winner of several of Ire-land's poetry competitions in her early 20s (includingthe Seacat,Davoren Hanna and RTE Rattlebag PoetrySlam),she has published four collections,all fromBloodaxe:Waiting for My Clothes(2004);Cailleach:The Hag of Beara(2009),winner of the Rooney Prizefor Irish Literature in 2010;The Mining Road(2013);and A Quarter of an Hour(2018). She was given the Ireland Chair of Poetry BursaryAward in 2009 and the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Awardfor Irish Poetry in 2011,and received a UCC AlumniAward in 2012. LEANNE ○'SULLIVAN # A Quarter of an Hour Copyright CLeanne O'Sullivan 2018 ISBN:9781780372228 First published 2018 byBloodaxe Books Ltd,Eastburn,South Park,Hexham,Northumberland NE461BS. www.bloodaxebooks.com For further information about Bloodaxe titlesplease visit our website or write tothe above address for a catalogue. 1 Supported using public fundng byARTS COUNCILENGLAND ## LEGAL NOTICE All rights reservcd.No part of this book may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form,or by any means,elcctronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from Bloodaxe Books Ltd.Requcsts to publish work from this bookmust be sent to Bloodaxe Books Ltd. Leanne O'Sullivan has asserted her right under Section 77 of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988to be identified as the author of this work. Cover design:Neil Astley &Pamela Robertson-Pearce. Printed in Great Britain by Bell&Bain Limited,Glasgow,Scotland,onacid-free paper sourced from mills with FSC chain of custody certification. for Eamonn O Carragáin In wildness is the preservation of the worldTHOREAU,Walden ## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgements are due to the editors of the followingpublications in which some of these poems first appeared:Cherish,Cherish,Cherish:Reflections on the 1916 Proclamation(Collins Press,2016),Connotation Press,Fermata:Writingsinspired by Music(Artisan House Editions,2016),The IrishExaminer,The Irish Times,Lines of Vision:Irish Writers onArt(Thames and Hudson,2014),Nem Eyes on The GreatBook(Southword Editions,2014),Poetry,The Quarrymanand The SHOp. My thanks are also due to Patrick Cotter at the MunsterLiterature Centre,the School of English at University Col-lege,Cork,and The Arts Council of Ireland/An ChomhairleEalaion. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the staffof Cork University Hospital and the National RehabilitationHospital for their tireless support and care,and as alwaysto our family and friends. Finally,I would like to thank my husband,Andrew King,the closest reader of these poems,for giving me permissionto publish them and,especially,to include in this collectionthe sequence ‘The Garden'written in the voice of the hero. CONTENTS I 12 The Cailleach to the Hero14 The Fox16 Lightning17 The Watchman18 Autumn19Tracheotomy20A Nativity 22 The Kitchen Maid23 Lord24 Prayer 25 Leaving Early26The Cailleach to the Widow27 Oracle28The Lark Ascending29 Waking30 His Vision II 32 The Cailleach to the Widow33 Love,mhere are we nom?...34 Eumnestes36 Morning Poem37 When Words38 The Garden 42 Labhraidh Loingseach43 Mes Aynak44 Dream45 Ghost 47 David Copperfield48 Meteor Shower50 Thunder51 Oisin52 Anamnestes 54 Fox 55 The Cailleach to the Widow 56 Elegy for the Arctic 57 Note IHI 61 The Cailleach to the Hero 63 NOTES

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Who is the author of A Quarter of an Hour?

Leanne O’Sullivan is the author. The document provides her biography and teaching background.

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The front matter states first publication in 2018 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd, includes an ISBN (9781780372228), and provides a publication address and website information.

How is the book’s contents organized?

The table of contents divides the poems into sections I, II, and III, then lists individual poem titles with page numbers.

Sep 21, 2026

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