A Ghost in the Throat

On discovering her husband’s murder, an Irish noblewoman drinks handfuls of his blood and composes a extraordinary poem. Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s ‘Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoighaire’ would later be described as ‘the greatest poem written in these island in the whole of the eighteenth century.’

The echoes across time to find a woman in modern Ireland, who reads it aloud and feels Eibhlín’s voice coming to life. These echoes grow louder, inspiring a quest to discover the truth of the poets story.