Liberty Hall

O’Loughlin remains refreshingly counter-lyrical to the dominant chord of pathos in much contemporary poetry.  The engines of his poems are often  fuelled  by anger. He  is a poet not just of language, but of strong opinion and ideas, and one with an international and political dimension.   Liberty Hall  is a welcome and brilliant addition to his work.   ~Paul Perry, Irish Independent

Liberty Hall shows that O'Loughlin remains a disruptive thinker, disinterring platitudes, labels and nationalities. He is a quizzical intellectual, equally at home and displaced in all cultures. This allows him to write intimately about Dublin, while retaining an outsider's perspective when scrutinising fault lines in his family's and his country's history. ~Dermot Bolger, Sunday Business Post

"Liberty Hall, however, is no travel guide. It finds O’Loughlin circling his own life and that of his family; the cities and countries he has called home; Europe as geographical and political construct and the expression of what a poetry collection can be." ~Keith Payne, Dublin Review of Books