Louis MacNeice was born as the youngest of the three children on 12 September 1907 (Fauske 10). MacNeice describes his own childhood as “a narrative of displacement and dislocation,” due to Ireland, his birth country, ended up being divided at the...

This essay will examine the scene in which Maire and Yolland finally kiss from Brian Friel’s play “Translations” and the poem “Meeting Point” by Louis MacNeice to discuss how both authors present love as something which transcends universal...