October 1999 saw the death of the poet Learaí Phádraic Learaí Ó Fínneadha, from an Lochán Beag in Cois Fharraige originally, but who had moved closer to Galway city, to Bearna, when he married. Now, more than ten years on, this book, Sé an Saol an Máistir: Filíocht Learaí Phádraic Learaí Uí Fhínneadha, edited by Gearóid Denvir, encompasses Learaí's entire poetic work.