Brood: A Long Poem by Ian Kilroy

Brood is a long poem from Irish author and journalist Ian Kilroy. Written in the early 1990s, it depicts the generation that grew up in Ireland after the historic visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in 1979. With support from the Irish Film Board, RT and the Arts Council, Brood was made into a full-length film and broadcast on national television in 1997. It is the only Irish long poem to have been filmed. Sections of the poem have previously been published in journals, but this is the first time the entire work is published and available.