Laoidh An Donais Òig

Tha laoidh an donais òig na chruinneachadh drùidhteach anns a' bhrìgh is annas a' bheothalachd a tha rim faotainn ann an obair Aonghas MhicNeacail. Tha an leabhar air a roinn gu fìnealta ann an dà phàirt, 'tiodhlac feirge' agus 'an tionndadh eile', is eader-theangachaidhean leis a' bhàrd fhèin mu choinneamh gach dàin. Tha an fharsaingeachd lèirsinn a' gabhail a-staigh caochladh sheallaidhean-tìre na h-Albann, faichean-cogaidh na h-Eòrpa agus crìonadh a' Chùirteir Iarainn, bho strì le eaglais is stàit gu aithrisean inbhidh dlùtha air cuimhne agus gaol. Misneachail is smiolrail, tha saothair Aonghais MhicNeacail a' cur an cèill, le sunnd, gach iomadh dòigh anns a bheil daoine agus dùthchannan a' tighinn gu ìre.

Bhuannaich Aonghas MacNeacail Duais Ghaidhlig 2006 ann am Farpais Bàrdachd Wigtown.

Hymn to a young demon is a collection imbued with the energy and vitality characteristic of Aonghas MacNeacail's work. The book falls eloquently into two parts, 'the gift of anger' and 'the other turning', with MacNeacail's own English versions sitting alongside the original Gaelic poems. Their scope ranges from the changing landscape of Scotland to the battlefields of Europe and the collapse of the Iron Curtain, from conflicts with church and state to intimate, mature articulations off memory and love. Assured and vigorous, Aonghas MacNeacail's work celebrates the many ways in which people and countries come of age.

Aonghas MacNeacail was winner of the 2006 Wigtown Poetry Competition Gaelic Prize.