Thy Tears Might Cease. Image source: Knopf 1st edition[/caption]Michael Farrell was born in Carlow in September 1899. He studied Medicine at University College Dublin but was imprisoned in Mountjoy Jail for six months during the War of Independence. On release he embarked on a walking tour of Europe accompanied by young woman who had been […]
Padraic Fallon was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1946, the sixth and youngest son of the poet and playwright Padraic Fallon. He was chairman of an international financial publishing company whose headquarters are in London, and was a director of one of the largest UK newspaper groups. He was awarded the Wincott Special Award for […]
Kevin Faller was born in Galway in 1920. His poetry collections include Island Lyrics (Dublin, Colm O’Lochlainn, 1963); Lament for Bull Island and Other Poems (Dublin, The Goldsmith Press, 1973); The Lilac Tree and Other Poems (Dublin, St Beuno’s Press, 1979); Memoirs: Collected Poems (Mornington, Co Meath, Tracks, 1984). He published one novel, Genesis (London, […]
Padraic Fallon was born in Athenry, Co Galway in 1905. His first poems were published in Dublin by George Russell His only collection during his lifetime, Collected Poems (Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1974) was published a few months before his death. His other collections are Poems & Versions (ed Brian Fallon, Dublin, Raven Arts Press/ […]
Peter Fallon was born in Germany in 1951 and since 1957 has lived in Ireland. He founded The Gallery Press in 1970, and has edited and published more than 300 books of poems and plays by Irish writers. His own poetry collections include The Speaking Stones (with drawings by Timothy Engelland, Dublin, The Gallery Press, […]
George Farquhar was born in Derry (or Londonderry) in 1678, the son of a poor clergyman. He attended Trinity College Dublin as a sizar or servitor, a class of poor scholars who were obliged to perform menial duties, but left to join the celebrated actor Wilks and his troupe of actors at Smock Alley Theatre […]
Bernard Farrell was born in Sandycove, Co Dublin. His plays for theatre include I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, 1979); Legs Eleven (Moving Theatre, 1979); Canaries (Abbey Theatre, 1980); All In Favour Say No! (Abbey Theatre, 1981); Petty Sessions (Abbey Theatre, 1983); Don Juan (adapted from Molière, Abbey Theatre, 1984); […]
Gerard Fanning was born in Dublin in 1952. His collections are Easter Snow (Dublin, The Dedalus Press,1992); Working for the Government (Dedalus, 1999); Water and Power (Dedalus, 2005); and Hombre: New and Selected Poems (Dedalus Press, 2011) He lives in Dublin. Gerard Fanning at The Dedalus Press Gerard Fanning at The National Library of Ireland
Desmond Fennell was born in Belfast in 1929 and grew up in Dublin. His books are Mainly in Wonder (London, Hutchinson, 1959); The Changing Face of Catholic Ireland (Dublin, Chapman, 1968); The State of the Nation: Ireland since the 60s (Swords, Ward River Press, 1983); Beyond Nationalism: The Struggle against Provincialism in the Modern World (Swords, Ward River Press, […]
Born Patrick Joseph O’Connor in Belfast in 1924, Padraic Fiacc adopted his pseudonym at the urging of Padraic Colum. His family emigrated to New York, but he returned to Belfast in 1946. His collections include Woe to the Boy (1957); By the Black Stream (Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1969); Odour of Blood (Kildare, The Goldsmith […]
Anne Fitzgerald was born in Dublin in 1965. Her poetry collections are Swimming Lessons (Wales, Stonebridge, 2001); The Map of Everything (Dublin, Fortyfoot Press, 2006); and Beyond the Sea (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Poetry, 2012). She has edited, designed and produced four anthologies of young adults poetry, including The Colour of The World (Dublin, MET […]
Trisha FitzGerald-Petri was born in Nenagh, Tipperary in 1957, but went to school and studied in Dublin. Her novels are Peggy Does a Runner (Colchester, Essex, UK, Puff Adder Books – Author-Network, 2001); and Casting Off (Wings Press Inc, Newcastle, OK, USA, 2005); and Over the Wall (Wings Press, 2007). Peggy Does a Runner was […]
Gabriel Fitzmaurice was born in Moyvane, Co Kerry, in 1952. A former Chair and Literary Advisor of Writers’ Week, the Writers’ Conference in Listowel, Co. Kerry, he is author of more than twenty books, including poetry in English and Irish, children’s verse in English and Irish, translations from the Irish, essays, and collections of songs […]
Janice Fitzpatrick Simmons was born in Boston in 1954. Her collections are Leaving America (Lapwing, 1992); Settler (Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare, Salmon Publishing, 1995); Starting at Purgatory (Salmon Publishing, 1999); The Bowspirit (Belfast, Lagan Press, 2005); and Saint Michael in Peril of the Sea (Salmon Poetry, 2009). A former Assistant Director of The Robert […]
Thomas Flanagan was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, in 1923. All four of his grandparents came from Ireland. A high school friend of Truman Capote, he was professor of English literature at Columbia, and later at Berkeley. His speciality was Irish literature, and he visited Ireland every summer over a period of forty years. His […]
Leontia Flynn was born in Belfast in 1974. She was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2001. Her collections are These Days (London, Jonathan Cape, 2004), which won the Forward Poetry Prize (Best Collection of the Year) in 2004, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award; Drives (Jonathan Cape, 2008); and Profit and Loss […]
Gerard Mannix Flynn (aka Mannix Flynn) was born in Dublin in 1957. His work has dealt with such issues as institutional abuse, imprisonment and injustice. In 1977 The Liberty Suite, co-written with Peter Sheridan, was premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival with Gerard Mannix Flynn as the protagonist. Nothing To Say, a novel was published […]
Catherine Foley was born in Waterford city, but her family moved to the Irish-speaking area of Ring in west County Waterford when she was still at primary school. Her novellas are Sorcha sa Ghailearaí (Baile Átha Cliath, Comhar, 2002), which won an Oireachtas Literary Award; An Cailín Rua (Comhar, 2003), which won first prize in […]
Órfhlaith Foyle was born in Nigeria to Irish parents. Her novel is Belios (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2005), and her debut collection of stories is Somewhere in Minnesota (Galway, Arlen House, 2011). An anthology of her poetry and short stories was published as Revenge (Arlen House, 2005). Her first full collection of poetry is Red […]
Áine Uí Fhoghlú comes from An Rinn, Co. Waterford. Her poetry collections are Aistear Aonair (Baile Á Atha Cliath, Coiscéim 1999) and An Liú sa Chuan (Coiscéim 2007). She has edited Dánta Mílaoise (2000), a collection of poems by secondary school students in County Waterford and was Writer in residence with County Kilkenny VEC in […]
Aisling Foster was born in Dublin in 1949. Her novels are The First Time London, Walker Books, 1988 [for older children]); and Safe in the Kitchen (London, Hamish Hamilton, 1993). She lives in London. Aisling Foster at The National Library of Ireland
Celia de Fréine is a poet, critic, dramatist and screenwriter, in Irish and English. A TV episode she wrote for the Irish-language TG4 drama serial Ros na Rún was shortlisted for 1998 Pan Celtic Film and TV Festival. Her poetry collections are Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha (Gallimh, Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2001), which is accompanied by a […]
Tom French was born in Kilkenny in 1966. In 1999 he received a Bursary in Literature from The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, and his work was awarded the inaugural Ted McNulty Prize. His collections are Touching the Bones (Oldcastle, Co Meath, The Gallery Press, 2001), for which he was awarded the Forward Prize for First […]
Brian Friel was born in Co Tyrone in 1929. His short story collections are A Saucer of Larks (London, Gollancz, 1962) and The Gold in the Sea (Gollancz 1966). He has edited The Last of the Name (Memoirs of a Donegal Tailor). His plays are This Doubtful Paradise (1959) The Enemy Within (Dublin, Abbey Theatre, […]
Maeve Friel was born in Derry in 1950. A prolific writer for children, The books in her Witch in Training series are Witch in Training – Spelling Trouble (London, Harper Collins 2003); Witch in Training – Charming or What (London, Harper Collins 2003); Witch in Training – Brewing Up, (London, Harper Collins 2003); Witch in […]
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