Established and best-selling poetry anthology for Leaving Certificate Higher Level English
Poetry Focus 2026
Poetry Focus 2026 – Leaving Certificate Higher Level English
DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO ACHIEVING TOP MARKS in the 2026 exam
- Written by experienced teachers and examiners MARTIN KIERAN and FRANCES ROCKS
- Sample essays and essay plans with invaluable Examiner’s Comments
- Audio of Seamus Heaney, Paula Meehan and Eiléan Nà Chuilleanáin reading their poems
Unique exam-focused features
- Critical Literacy notes on each poem
- Sample paragraphs with Examiner’s Comments for each poem
- Examination-style Class/Homework Exercises
- Revision Overviews include visual memory aids
- Guidelines and sample questions and answers for Unseen Poetry
- Sample exam questions (updated in line with the latest SEC questions), full essays, plans, marking scheme guidelines and Examiner’s Comments