Born in Lancashire, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill learned Gaelic in the County of Kerry before beginning her studies in the University of Cork. Her first writings showed the influence of Sean O'Riordain and that of Mairtin O'Direrain, but soon afterwards Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill showed herself to be one of the greatest poets in contemporary Gaelic literature. A writer with multiple talents, she manages to introduce themes stemming from modernity into the traditional collection of Irish earlier literature.