Ireland, interwoven with classical themes and religious symbolism, are frequent themes in his poetry and dramatic works. A number of his radio plays were later broadcast on The BBC Third Programme and, in translation, in Germany, the Netherlands, and Hungary. The play The Seventh Step was staged at The Globe Theatre in Dublin in 1954; a second one, Sweet Love 'till Morn, was staged at the Abbey Theatre in 1971. Fallon also wrote dramatic pieces for television such as A Sword of Steel (1966) and The Fenians (1967), the latter produced by James Plunkett. In a number of his plays and radio dramas he cooperated with contemporary composers providing incidental music, an example being The Wooing of Étain (1954) with music by Brian Boydell (The Wooing of Étain, Op. 37). Published works While his poetry had previously appeared in The Dublin Magazine, The Bell, The Irish Times and a number of anthologies, his first volume of collected poetry, Poems, incorporating a number of previously unpublished poems, was not produced until 1974, months before his death. Three volumes of his poetry, edited by his son, the journalist and critic Brian Fallon, were published after his death: Poems and Versions in 1983, Collected Poems (with an introduction by Seamus Heaney), in 1990, and A Look in the Mirror and Other Poems (with an introduction by Eavan Boland) in 2003. In 2005, three of Fallon's verse plays, The Vision of Mac Conglinne, The Poplar , and The Hags of Clough, were published in a single volume. A selection of his prose writings and criticism edited by Brian Fallon: A Poet's Journal, was published in the same year. Bibliography A Poet's Journal Lilliput Press (2005) The Vision of Mac Conglinne and Other Plays Carcanet (2005) 'A Look in the Mirror' and Other Poems Carcanet (2003) Collected Poems Carcanet (1990) Poems and Versions Carcanet (1983) Poems Dolmen Press (1974) References Padraic Fallon: A Hymn of the Dawn (1991) (by his youngest son, also named Padraic Fallon) External links Irish Writers Online webpage 1905 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Irish poets 20th-century male writers Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish male poets People from Athenry People from County Galway