In The Library Of Lost Objects (Ward Wood Publishing, 2011)

“Duffy understands poetry, it’s his tradition; he obviously loves it and has a curatorial urge to see it thrive. He exhibits only the good stuff, the best work, there’s no small talk, no gimmicks, nothing insincere, he just gets down to the heart of things and gives us poems that matter.”
 
– Grace Wells, Poetry Ireland Review (autumn 2011)

 

 

The Return Journey & Our Friends Electric: Two Novallas (Ward Wood Publishing, 2011)

“This is a serious piece of work, skilfully and movingly accomplished.”

– Lindsay Clarke, author of The Chymical Wedding and The Water Theatre.

 

The Rainstorm (Tyger Theatre Company, 2006)

“Haunting and evocative, a symphony of loss and redemption, The Rainstorm herald’s Duffy’s theatrical arrival as one of Ireland’s most skilful and talented dramatists.”

– Colm Ó Foghlú, Irish Theatre Magazine (online)

 

The Silence After (South Tipperary Arts Centre, 2003)

“A tremendous sense of ease, of fullness, informs these poems, both individually and as a collection. It suggests they have been allowed to ripen over a long period into their appointed shapes. They present themselves to the reader at exactly the right moment to be picked, full of flavour, the indefinable flavour of how things are.”
 
– Mark Roper

 

 

Watching the River Flow: A Century in Irish Poetry (Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann, 1999) Editors: Noel Duffy & Theo Dorgan.

Section Editors: Eavan Boland; Eiléan Ní Chuilleanain; Bernard O’Donoghue; Thomas Kinsella; Ciaran Carson; John Montague; Michael Longley; Seamus Heaney; Cathal Ó Searcaigh; Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

“…multiplicity is the point in this wonderfully exhilarating anthology” – The Irish Times

“This is a valuable and fascinating collection” – The Sunday Business Post

“… an eye opening and intriguing piece of anthologising” – The Sunday Tribune

Noel’s work has appeared widely in journals both in Ireland and abroad including Poetry Ireland Review, The Dublin Review, Electric Acorn (online), Force 10, Ropes, Bellingham Review (USA), De Brakke Hond: Special Irish Issue (Belgium), Carapace: Special Irish Issue (South Africa) and have been broadcast on local and national radio.