CREDITS

John Wakeman began his career as a librarian in London and New York. He worked for some years as a freelance journalist and in 1985 co-founded with Michael Mackmin the UK poetry magazine The Rialto, which he co-edited for twelve years. Moving to Ireland, he.founded THE SHOp in 1999. His latest collection is A Sea Family: New and Selected Poems (Bradshaw Book, 2005).He has published short stories, essays and reviews and given talks on RTE and the BBC. For an American publisher, he has edited major reference books on contemporary world literature and on the film directors of the world. He was a Consultant Contributor to The Encyclopaedia of Ireland.

Hilary Wakeman worked as a librarian in London and New York. She married John Wakeman in 1957 and they have had five children. For a time she was a freelance journalist in Brooklyn and later, in England, raised cows, sheep, chicken and geese on a smallholding in Norfolk. She became a Vicar and a Canon in the Church of England and then, moving to West Cork in 1996, a Rector in the Church of Ireland. Retiring in 2001, she became co-editor of THE SHOp and its designer. The most recent of her three books is Saving Christianity (Liffey Press, 2003) and she contributes to such papers as The Irish Times, The Church Times, The Guardian and The Southern Star.

Gabriel Rosenstock, THE SHOp's Irish language advisor, is prolific as a poet, haikuist and translator. His most recent books include the bilingual collection Bliain an Bhande/Year of the Goddess (Dedalus Press, 2007) and the spiritual diary Dialann Anama (Coisceim, 2007).

Rhiannon Shelley works for THE SHOp as a part-time editorial assistant and proofreader. She is married to Ritchie Shelley and has young one son, Cian. A prize-winning poet, she also writes on nutrition for The Examiner and The Southern Star.

Erwin Hofmann is a long time computer enthusiast and the often desperately needed IT consultant. He designed and maintains THE SHOp's web page.

THE SHOp is designed and typeset in the Wakeman's cottage in the foothills of Mount Gabriel near Schull in West Cork, and printed by ColourBooks in Dublin.

The magazine is funded from sales, subscriptions and donations, and with grants from the Arts Councils of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Cork County Council and Foras na Gaeilge.


The Arts Council
of Ireland		 Cork County Council Foras na Gaeilge

THE SHOp very gracefully acknowledges Donations from

Liam Aungier, Co.Kildare;   Ivy Bannister, Dublin (i.m.Patty Eberhart);   Daniel Daly, Paris;   Hilary Elfick, Surrey;   Seán Golden, Co.Sligo/Barcelona/Beijing;   Ann Gray, Cornwall;   Bruce J James, Hertfordshire;   Frank McGuinness, Co.Dublin;   Padhraig Nolan, Dublin;   Finola O'Donovan, Cork;   Anthony O'Neill, Co.Waterford;   Gerard Smyth, Dublin;   Rosie Wilson, Co.Wicklow;   Dermot J Archer, Co. Antrim;   Joan and Ethan Bolker, Massachusetts;   Eva Bourke, Galway;   Maggie Butt, London;   John Daniel, Oxfordshire;   Ted and Annie Deppe, Galway and Co. Donegal:   Theo Dorgan, Dublin;   Josh Ekroy, London;   Mary Melvin Geoghegan, Longford;   Aidan Hayes, Co. Donegal;   Lindsay Hodges, Belfast;   Francis Humphrys, West Cork;   Ann Joyce, Co. Sligo;   Anthony and Catherine Lester, West Cork;   Clare McDonnell, Co. Donegal;   Mary Turley McGrath, Co. Donegal;   Madeline Mac Namara, Cork;   Nuala Nf Chonchuir, Galway;   Ita O'Donovan, Co. Galway;   Mark O'Flynn, Australia;   William Palmer, London;   Ann and Peter Sansom, Sheffield;   Cecilia Scurfield, Norwich;   George Shorten, Co. Cork;   Knute Skinner, Co. Clare;   Bundle and Tony Weston, Hertfordshire;   ... and three very generous anonymous donors

And a special thank to all the contributors submitting their work to THE SHOp, in form of  poetry,  photos and  illustrations:

The Poets

A.C. Bevan, A.J. Britz, Adam Czerniawski, Adam Schwartzman, Adam Wyeth, Adrianne Marcus, Adrienne Marcus, Aidan Hayes, Aidan Murphy, Aidan Rooney-Céspedes, Aideen Henry, Aileen Kelly, Aime Hansen, Áine Herlihy, Áine Miller, Áine Ní Mhaonaigh, Alan Brownjohn, Alan Garvey, Albert Conneely, Alex Barr, Alexandre O'Neill, Alexis Lykiard, Alice Lyons, Alice O'Howell, Alice Oswald, Alice Stubbersfield, Alison Brackenbury, Allison McVety, Alwyn Marriage, Alyn Fenn, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Andrea Porter, Andrew Philip, Andrew Fitzsimons, Andrew Uilterhouse, Andy Brown, Angela France, Angela Howarth, Angela Leighton, Ann Dean, Ann Egan, Ann Gray, Ann Higgins, Ann Joyce, Ann Kelley, Ann Leahy, Ann P.Joyce, Ann Ryland, Ann Zell, Anna Andrukhovich, Anna Woodford, Anne Beresford, Anne Fitzgerald, Anne Haverty, Anne MacDarby, Anne-Marie Fyfe, Annie Deppe, Anthony Cronin, Anthony Keating, Anthony Sheridan, Anthony Nicholls, Anthony O'Neill, Anthony Wilson, Anton Korteweg, Arlene Ang, Arthur Rimbaud, Asya Shneiderman, Atar Hadan, Atar Hadari, avid Meagher, Ayala Kingsley, Barbara Smith, Bartholomew Biggs, Barty Begley, Bee Smith, Belinda Cooke, Bernadette Higgins, Bernard O'Donoghue, Bernie Kenney, Betty Thompson, Bill Tinley, Billy Ramsell, Blerim Kasneci, Brendan Kennelly, Brendan McMahon, Brian Docherty, Brian Lalor, Brian Mackey, Brian O'Flynn, Bridget Khursheed, Bruce J.James, Bruce McRae, C.K. Stead, Caelainn Hogan, Caoilinn Hughes, Candy Neubert, Carl Rakosi, Carol Rumens, Carole Satyamurti, Carolyn Jess, Carolyn Thompson, Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Catherine Ormell, Catherine Phil MacCarthy, Catrfona Hastings, Ceatf Nf Bheildiuin, Celeste Auge, Celia Purcell, Charles Bennett, Charles Hadfield, Charles Johnson, Charles Rammelkamp, Charu Suri, Cherry Smyth, Chris Agee, Chris Preddle, Chrissie Gittins, Christadoulos Makris, Christina Aguilera, Christine Broe, Christopher Churcher, Chuck Kruger, Ciaran Parkes, Clairr O'Connor, Clare McDonnell, Claude Esteban, Clem Cairns, Cliff Wedgbury, Colin O'Sullivan, Colette Wittorski, Colm Breathnach, Connie Roberts, Connor McCarthy, Conor Farnan, Cora McMorrow, D.A. Prince, Damian Smyth, Dan McFadden, Daniel Daly, Daniel S.Irwin, Dányi Dániel Daphne Rock, Daragh Breen, David Butler, David Cavanagh, David Constantine, David Devitt, David Gardiner, David Grubb, David Kerr, David Lumsden, David Page, David Rock, David Sowby, David Troupes, David Wheatley, David Winwood, Davide Trame, Dean Wilson, Deborah Ballard, Deborah Moffat, Deborah Tyler-Bennett, Deirdre Brennan, Deirdre Cartmill, Deirdre Kearney, Denise Blake, Derek Coyle, Derek Mahon, Dermot Bolger, Dermot J.Archer, Des O'Sullivan, Desmond O'Grady, Dhiarmada Eabhan, Diana Pooley, Diarmuid O'Keeffe, Ditta Baron Hoeber, DJ Andrew, Dolores Stewart, Dominic McLoughlin, Donald Sheehy, Dorothy Molloy, Dymphna Dreyer, Dympna Dreyer, E A Gleeson, Eabhan Ní Shuileabhán, Eamon Grennan, Eamonn Lynskey, Eamonn Wall, Edward Denniston, Edward Lee, Edward O'Dwyer, Edward Power, Edward Tynan, Edwin Morgan, Eibhlfn Nic Eaochaidh, Eibhlfs Lordan, Eithne Hand, Eileen Sheehan, Elaine Gaston, Elaine Feeney, Eleanor Livingstone, Elizabeth Barrett, Emily Dening, Enda Coyle­Greene, Erik Vatne, Eugene Daly, Eugene O'Connell, Eugenio Montale, Eva Bourke, Evan Jones, Fawzia Kane, Felix LeClerc, Fergal Gaynor, Fiona Curran, Floyd Skloot, Frances Cotter, Frances Thompson, Francis Harvey, François Villon, Frank Dullaghan, Frank L.Ludwig, Frank O'Connor, Frank Redpath, Fred Beake, Fred Johnston, Fred Voss, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Gabriel Rosenstock, Gabrielle Alioth, Gary Allen, Geoghega Gregory, George Shorten, George Szirtes, Ger Reidy, Gerald Dawe, Geraldine Finn, Geraldine Mills, Geraldine Mitchell, Geraldine Paine, Gerard Hanberry, Gerard Lee, Gerard Smyth, Gerry Boland, Gerry Murphy, Gilbert Gumbs, Giles Goodland, Gina Eddison, Giovanni Malito, Glen Grundle, Glencairn Balfour-Paul, Gill McEvoy Goeorge Shorten, Grace Wells, Graham Allen, Graham Dawson, Gréagóir Ó'Dúill, Greg Delanty, Greg Sweetnam, Gregory O'Donoghue, Gregory Warren, Gunter Grass, Gwynn Parry, Hamish Ironside, Hans-Christian Oeser, Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Harris Wood, Harry Clifton, Helena Kelleher, Helena Nelson, Helena Pericic, Hilary Elfick, Hoffman Aipira, Howard Wright, Hugh O'Donnell, Ian Duhig, Ian Parks, Ian Wild, Idris Caffrey, Imelda Maguire, Imogen O'Connor, Innocenza Istarte, Irene Evans, Ismail Kadare, Ita Leahy, Ita O'Donovan, Ivory Bruce, Ivy Alvarez, Ivy Bannister, J.James, J.P.Duane, Jack Mapanje, James Aitchison, James Brockway, James Flynn, James Harpur, James Harris, James Hyde, James J.McAuley, James Liddy, James Manlow, James Martyn, James McAuley, James Simmons, Jan Wagner, Jane Clarke, Jane Griffiths, Jane Kirwan, Janet Shepperson, Janet Simon, Janis Mackay, Jarred Kilmurray, Jean Bleakney, Jean Curtayne, Jean O'Brien Jennifer Harrington, Jennifer Johnson, Jennifer Russell, Jenny Joseph, Jenny Morris, Jenny Vuglar, Jeremiah Hamilton Twomey, Jeremy Hughes, Jerzy Czech, Jessica Nf Chuaig, Jim Chapson, Jim Maguire, Jo McCormick, Jo Pestel, Jo Slade, Joan Dargan, Joan Jobe Smith, Joan Poulson, Jobe Smith, Jocelyne Thebault, Joe Horgan, Joe Kane, John Aspinall, John Clarke, John Daniel, John F.Deane, John Greening, John Heath-Stubbs, John Knoepfle, John Knowles, John McAuliffe, John McGrail, John McKeown, John Mee, John Mole, John Montague, John Moriarty, John O'Donnell, John Siberry, John W.Sexton, John Wakeman, John Weston, Jonathan Harrington, Joseph Allen, Joseph Cummins, Joseph Hoban, Joseph Horgan, Josh Ekroy, Josh Ramsden, Joyce Herbert, Julia Dale, Julia Fairlie, Julian Farmer, Julian Stannard, Julien Payan, Juliette Jooste, June-Marie Courage, Karen O'Connor, Kate Dempsey, Kate Miller, Kate Newman, Kathleen Brunelle, Kathryn Simmonds, Katie Donovan, Katy Giebenhain, Ken Smith, Kenneth Hickey, Kerry Hardie, Kevin Bailey, Kevin Cahill, Kevin Cantwell, Kevin Higgins, Kevin Kiely, Kevin Maynard, Khan Singh Kumar, Kieran Furey, Kit Fryatt, Knute Skinner, Komel Kossuth, Kornel Kossuth, K.v. Skene, Laura Potolo, Laura Solomon, Laurence O'Dwyer, Leanne O'Sullivan, Leeanne Quinn, Leland Bardwell Leo Ferre, Leo Ryan, Leontia Flynn, Les Murray, Liam Aungier, Liam Dufty, Liam Guilar, Liam Ò Muirthile, Lidija Simkute, Lindsay Hodges, Lisa Hollenbach, Lisa Steppe, Lisann Gorman, Liz Gallagher, Liz McSkeane, Liz O'Donoghue, Lorna Shaughnessy, Lorna Sherry, Lothar Luken, Louis Ivan Jones, Lucinda Carey, Lys Browne, M.Nerson MacNamara, Macdara Woods, Madeleine Terson, Maggie Butt, Maggie Harris, Maggie O'Dwyer, Maggie Smith Hurt, Mags Storey, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Mairfde Woods, Majella Cullinane, Mamie Pomeroy, Marc Harris, Marcus Smith, Margaret Galvin, Margaret Moore, Margaret O'Shea, Marguerite Colgar Marie Cadden, Marie Coveney, Mark Doros, Mark Granier, Mark O'Flynn, Mark Roper, Mark Vennell, Mark Weston, Mark Wilson, Marks Shane, Martin Mooney, Martin T.J. Matthews, Mary Blake, Mary Branley, Mary Dempsey, Mary Durkin, Mary Kay Rummel, Mary Madec, Mary Melvin Geoghegan, Mary Montague, Mary Noonan, Mary O'Donnell, Mary O'Donoghue, Mary O'Malley, Mary O'Rourke, Mary Rose Callan, Mary Turley McGrath, Mary Woodward, Matt Kirkham, Matthew Clegg Matthew Fluharty, Matthew Geden, Matthew Sweeney, Maureen Gallagher, Maureen McManus, Maurice Harmon, Mazen Makkouk, Medbh McGuckian, Meghann Plunkett, Miceal Kearney, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, Michael Coady, Michael Curtis, Michael Davitt, Michael Foley, Michael Hamburger, Michael Hartnett, Michael Kelly, Michael Laskey, Michael Longley, Michael Mackmin, Michael Massey, Michael McCarthy, Michael McLoughlin, Michael Mott, Michael O'Dea, Michael West, Mícheál Fanning, Michel Deguy Michel Martin, Michelle O'Sullivan, Min Toh, Miriam Darlington Moya Cannon, Moyra Donaldson, N. Daly, Nancy Mattson, Neil Bedford, Neil Ferguson, Neil Leadbeater, Neil McCarthy, Nell Regan, Nessa O'Mahony, Niall R. Walsh, Nicholas McLachlan, Nick Bridson Baker, Nicola Daly, Nicola Day, Nigel McLoughlin, Nikos Gatsos, Nf.Shuileabhain, Noel Conneely, Noel King, Noel Monahan, Nora McGillen, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Oliver Bernard, Oliver Dunne, Oliver Murray, Olivia Kenny, Orfhlaith Fhoighil, Owen Gallagher, P.D. Lyons, Pablo Omar, Paddy Bushe, Padraic Mac'Cana, Padraig Rooney, Pat Galvin, Pat Jourdan, Pat Maddock, Pat Semple, Patricia Barone, Patarick Moran, Patrick Cotter, Patrick Deeley, Patrick Galvin, Patrick Hederman, Patrick Hicks, Patrick Moran, Patrick Semple, Patrick Walsh, Paul Birtill, Paul Durcan, Paul Groves, Paul Maddern, Paul Muldoon, Paul O'Colmain, Paul Perry, Paul Stubbs, Paula Jennings, Peadar O'Donoghue, Peggie Gallagher, Penelope Shuttle, Penny Breen, Pete Mullineaux, Peter Bakowski, Peter Carpenter, Peter Dunne, Peter Fallon, Peter Gill, Peter Knaggs, Peter Mabey, Peter Phillips, Peter Porter, Peter Redgrove, Peter Sansom, Peter van Belle, Peter Waring, Phil Mc'Carthy, Philip Knox, Philip Quirke, Philippe Demeron, Phillip Hobsbaum, Phyl O'Donnell, Pol Ó Colmain, Rab Fulton, Rachel Brennan, Ray Givans, Regan O'Driscoll, Rhiannon Shelley, Rhiannon Wakeman, Richard Cahill Richard Halperin, Richard Kemp, Richard Lambert, Rip Bulkeley, Rita Ann Higgins, Robert Hamberger, Robert Nazarene, Robert Nye, Robyn Rowland, Roderick Ford, Rody Gorman, Roger Caldwell, Ronald Tamplin, Roper Rhiannon, Rory Johnston, Rosanna Watt, Rose Cook, Rosemary Canavan, Rosemary Norman, Ross Moore, Rosy Wilson, Roy Blackman, Roy Eales, Rutger Kopland, Ruth Carr, Ruth O'Callaghan, Ruth Silcock, Ruth Thompson, Saint James, Sally Festing, Sam Gardiner, Samaine Bouinou, Samuel Menashe, Samuel Walsh, Sandra Bunting, Sara Berkeley, Sarah Keane, Seamus Heaney Seamus Hogan, Sean Golden, Sean Haldane, Sean Lysaght, Sean Neeson, Seán Ó Tuama, Sebastian Barker, Shane Martin, Sharon Murphy, Sheila Barrett, Sheila Gorman, Sheila Killian, Sheila Phelan, Shelley George, Shirley Mc'Clure, Shorten K.v. Skene, Sinéad Morrissey, Siobhan Duffy, Sonya Ardan, Stephen Devereux, Stephen Hughes, Stephen Shields, Stuart Henson, Sue Rose, Susan Eales, Susan Connolly, Susan Maurer, Susan Millar DuMars, Susan O'Toole, Susan Wicks, T.J. Matthews, Takashi Arima, Ted Deppe, Terry J. England, Theo Dorgan, Theodore Deppe, Therese Ryan, Thomas McCarthy, Tiernan Ivory, Tim Cunningham, Tim Dooley, Todd Swift, Tom Duddy, Tom French, Tony Devlin, Tommy Curran, Tony Weston, Trifon Xhagjika, Uilrren Hope, Valeria Melchioretto, Valerie Lynch, Vona Groarke, Wang Wei, Warren Hope, WD. Jackson, Will Stone, Willem Roggeman, William Oxley, William Palmer, William Stabile, William Wall, Wilson Howard, Winifred McNulty, Winwood Saint, Wislawa Szymborska, Yuko Adams,

The Artists, Illustrators and Photographers

A.C. Byrne, Alex Barr, Alyn Fenn, Ana Maria Pacheco, Ann Kelley, Anne A. Bologna, Basil Blackshaw, Ben Harvey, Bill Doyle, Brian Lalor, Bridget O'Gorman, Christopher Churcher, Chuck Kruger, Cian Shelley, Clare Hennessy, Cyprian Norwid, Dara Vallely, David Cole, Denise Hogan, Donal Greene, Duncan Macfadyen, Edwin Smith, Frank Russell, G.M.W.Atkinson, Giorgio De Chirico, Hammond Joumeaux, Hilary Wakeman, Howard Fritz, Jack Roberts, Jan de Fouw, Janet Mullarney, Jeanette McCulloch, Jessica Lysaght, Joakim Säflund, John Minihan, John Wakeman, Louise Neiland, Luis Fanti, Luke Watson, Maggie Bevan, Marie Coveney, Mary Norman, Matthew Wakeman, Maurice Henderson, Michael Coady, Michael Donald, Michael Kelly, Miriam de Burca, Moira Sweeney, Nick Bridson Baker, Norman Saunders-White, Paki Smith, Pat Connor, Paula Rego, Peadar O'Donoghue, Penias Daka, Peter Mabey, Pippa King, Robert Gibbings, Rody Treacy, Sarah Roberts, Sir Henry Raeburn, Theo Wakeman, Tina Whelan, Tony Weston, Treasa O'Brien, Valerie Gleeson, Veronica Larsson, Wendy Dison