In the Veins is the first book of Poetry by Dolores Ronayne. About In the Veins "Dolores has an overwhelming sensitivity to injustice in hidden places, to decay, victimisation; and to the effect of trauma, both sexual and social. Her method of approach to material is elliptical, sometimes tentative, but deliberately so, approaching life sideways and prising her poetic way into the great themes of sexual violence, aging, exploitation. Thomas McCarthy." Born in Waterford City, Dolores has spent most of her life in the magical peninsula of Rinn ó gCuanach, Co Waterford, Ireland. She is a performance poet and has written monologues for theatre.