Kelly, John
John Kelly was born in Enniscorthy. His debut collection is Gathering the Dead in the Garden (Scalta Media, 2013). He lives and works in North County Dublin. John Kelly at Scalta Media
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Kehoe, Patrick
Patrick Kehoe was born in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, in 1956. His debut collection is Its Words You Want (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Poetry, 2011). His first poems were published by the late James Liddy in broadsheets and issues of The Gorey Detail. He is also a guitarist and songwriter. He lives in Dublin. Patrick Kehoe […]
Kavanagh, Patrick
Patrick Kavanagh was born in Inniskeen, County Monaghan in 1904. His poetry volumes are Ploughman & Other Poems (London, MacMillan Contemporary Poets Series, 1936); The Great Hunger (Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1942, Limited Edition); A Soul for Sale (MacMillan, 1947); Recent Poems (New York, The Peter Kavanagh Hand Press, 1958); Come Dance with Kitty Stobling […]
Keady, Walter
Walter Keady was born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, in 1934. His novels are Celibates and Other Lovers (Denver, Colorado, MacMurray & Beck,1997); Mary McGreevy (MacMurray & Beck, 1998); The Altruist (San Francisco, MacAdam/Cage, 2003 / London, Robert Hale, 2005); The Dowry (Thomas Dunne Books, 2007). Celibates and Other Lovers was published in German as Gottesdiener […]
Keane, John B.
John B. Keane was born in Listowel, Co Kerry in 1928. He published forty-six works, but is best known for his plays which inlcude Sive; Sharon’s Grave; The Man from Clare; The Year of the Hiker; The Field (which was adapted as a film of the same name); Many Young Men of Twenty; Big Maggie; […]
Keane, Molly
Molly Keane was born in Co Kildare in 1904 into an Anglo-Irish gentry family, the daughter of Walter Clarmount Skrine of Warleigh Manor, Somerset and Agnes Shakespeare Higginson, who published under the pseudonym Moira O’Neill, and whose novels The Elf Errant and An Easter Vacation, as well as a collection Songs of the Glen of […]
Keegan, Claire
Claire Keegan was born in Wexford in 1968. Her story collections are Antarctica (London, Faber and Faber, 1999/New York, Grove/Atlantic, 1999); Walk the Blue Fields (Faber and Faber, 2007/ Grove Press, Black Cat, 2008); and the single story Foster (Faber and Faber, 2010). Her awards include The Francis MacManus Award; The William Trevor Prize; the […]
Kehoe, Denis
Denis Kehoe was born in Dublin in 1978. His novels are Nights Between the Nation (London, Serpent’s Tail, 2009); and Walking on Dry Land (Serpent’s Tail, 2011). He has studied philosophy and European literature and works as a critic, researcher and literacy tutor. He lives in Dublin. Denis Kehoe at Serpent’s Tail Denis Kehoe at […]
Kell, Richard
Richard Kell was born in Youghal, Co Cork, in 1927. His poetry collections include Control Tower (London, Chatto & Windus, 1962); Differences (Chatto & Windus, 1969); Humours (Sunderland, Ceolfrith Press, 1978); The Broken Circle (Ceolfrith Press, 1981); In Praise of Warmth (Dublin, Dedalus Press, 1987); Rock and Water (Dedalus Press, 1993); Collected Poems (Belfast, Lagan […]
Kelly, John
John Kelly was born in Co Fermanagh in 1965. Well known as a journalist and broadcaster, his novels are The Little Hammer (London, Jonathan Cape, 2000); and Sophisticated Boom Boom (Jonathan Cape, 2003). He lives in Dublin. John Kelly at RTÉ Mystery Train John Kelly at RTÉ Lyric FM John Kelly at The National Library […]
Kelly, Julia
Julia Kelly was born in 1969. Her first novel is With My Lazy Eye (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2007). She was short-listed for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award, and was nominated as one of the Irish Book Awards Books of the Decade in 2010. She lives in Bray, Co Wicklow. Julia Kelly at Writing.ie […]
Kelly, Rita
Rita Kelly (var. Rita E. Kelly) was born in Galway in 1953. Her poetry has been collected as An Bealach Eadóigh (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1984; the bi-lingual Fare Well: Beir Beannacht (Dublin, The Attic Press, 1990); and Travelling West (Galway, Arlen House, 2000). Her short stories have been collected as The Whispering Arch and […]
Kelly, Maeve
Maeve Kelly was born in County Clare in 1930. Her short stories have been collected as A Life of Her Own (Dublin, Poolebeg, 1976); and Orange Horses (London, Michael Joseph, 1990. Her novels are Necessary Treasons (Michael Joseph, 1985); Florries Girls (Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1991); and Alice in Thunderland (Fairytales for Feminists) (Dublin, Attic Press, […]
Keenan, Brian
Brian Keenan was born in Belfast in 1950. He has published one novel, Turlough (London, Jonathan Cape, 2000). His other work includes the autobiographical An Evil Cradling (London, Hutchinson, 1992); concerning his experience as a hostage in the Lebanon; and, with his fellow hostage, John McCarthy, Between Extremes (New York, Bantam Press, 1999); Four Quarters […]
Kennedy, Conan
Conan Kennedy was born in Dublin. His novels are Here Be Ghosts (Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1982, eBook edition 2011); Ogulla Well (Killala, Co Mayo, Morrigan Books, 2002); The Colour of Her Eyes (eBook edition, 2011); The Snake Dancer of Sati Choura (eBook and printed editions Morrigan Books 2012). A Walk on The Southside, a memoir/love […]
Kennelly, Brendan
Brendan Kennelly was born in Co Kerry in 1936. He has published over thirty books of poetry. His early poetry includes Cast a Cold Eye (with Rudi Holzapfel, Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1959); The Rain, the Moon (with Rudi Holzapfel, The Dolmen Press, 1961); The Dark About Our Loves (with Rudi Holzapfel, Dublin, John Augustine […]
Kenny, Adrian
Adrian Kenny was born in Dublin in 1945. His fiction is Arcady & other Stories (Dublin, Writers Co-Op, 1983); The Feast of Michaelmas, a novel (Writer’s Co-Op, 1978); Before the Wax Hardened, an autobiographical novel (Dublin, Odell & Adair, 1991); a sequel to Before The Wax Hardened, the autobiographical novel The Family Business (Dublin, The […]
Kerr, Michael
Michael Kerr was born in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, in 1958 and grew up in Portstewart, Co Derry. His autobiography is Our Side of the House (London, Quartet Books, 2002). He lives in Stoneleigh, UK. Michael Kerr at The National Library of Ireland
Keyes, Marian
Marian Keyes was born in Limerick in 1963. Her books are Watermelon (1995); Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (1996); Rachel’s Holiday (1998); Last Chance Saloon (1999); Sushi for Beginners, (2000); Angels (2002); The Other Side of the Story; Anybody Out There?; This Charming Man (London, Michael Joseph, 2008); and The Mystery of Mercy Close (Michael […]
Kiely, Benedict
Benedict Kiely was born in 1919, near Dromore, Co Tyrone. His short stories collections include A Journey to the Seven Streams (London, Methuen 1963); A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly (London, Victor Gollancz 1973); A Cow in the House (London, Victor Gollancz, 1978); The State of Ireland: A Novella and Seven Short Stories (Boston, […]
Kiely, David M.
David M. Kiely was born in Dublin in 1949. His books are John Millington Synge: A Biography (London, Gill and Macmillan, 1994/ New York, St Martin’s Press, 1995); A night in the Catacombs [Fictional Portraits of Ireland’s Literati] (Dublin, The Lilliput Press,1995); The Angel Tapes (Belfast, Blackstaff Press/St Martin’s Press, 1997); Bloody Women: Ireland’s Female […]
Kiely, Kevin
Kevin Kiely was born in Co Down in 1953. His novels are Quintesse (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1982/New York St Martin’s Press, 1985); Mere Mortals (Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1989); The Welkinn Complex (Florida, Number One Son Publishing, 2011). His poems are collected in the sequence Plainchant for a Sundering (Belfast, Lapwing Press, 2001); and Breakfast with […]
Killeen, Ger
Ger Killeen was born in Limerick in 1960. His poetry collections are A Trace of Exaggeration (McKerns, 1985); Construction Ahead (Sparrow Press, [Sparrow Poverty Pamphlet Ser. : No. 56] 1989), A Wren (Bluestem Press, 1990), which won the Bluestem Award for Poetry, Lia A Léimfidh Thar Tonnta: A Stone That Will Jump Over The Waves […]
Kilroy, Claire
Claire Kilroy was born in Dublin in 1973. Her novels are All Summer (London, Faber & Faber 2003); Tenderwire (Faber & Faber 2006/New York, Harvest Books 2006); All Names Have Been Changed (Faber, 2009); and The Devil I Know (Faber & Faber, 2012). All Summer won the 2004 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and was […]
Kilroy, Thomas
Thomas Kilroy was born in 1934 in Callan, Co. Kilkenny. He has published a novel, The Big Chapel (London, Faber & Faber, 1971), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize, 1971, but he is best known as a playwright. His plays include The Death and Resurrection of Mr […]
King, Noel
Noel King was born in 1964 in Tralee, Co Kerry. His poetry collection are Prophesying the Past (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Poetry, 2010); and The Stern Wave (Salmon Poetry, 2013). He has been a prizewinner in the William Allingham Short Story Competition and is editor of Doghouse Books. He lives in Tralee. Noel King at […]
Kinsella, Thomas
Thomas Kinsella was born in Dublin in 1928. His many collections of poems include Poems (Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1956); Another September (Dolmen, 1958); Downstream (Dolmen, 1962); Butcher’s Dozen (Dublin, Peppercanister, 1972); Fifteen Dead (Dolmen, Peppercanister, 1979); The Good Fight (Peppercanister 1973); Nightwalker and Other Poems (Dolmen, Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 1968; New […]
Kostick, Conor
Conor Kostick is an historian and a writer of fiction for children and young adults. His fictional works are Epic (Dublin, O’Brien, 2004); Saga (O’Brien, 2006); The Book of Curses (O’Brien, 2007); and Move (O’Brien, 2008). His non-fiction publications include Revolution in Ireland (London, Pluto Press, 1996); The Social Structure of the First Crusade (Leiden, […]
Kruger, Chuck
Chuck Kruger, born in 1938, grew up in the Finger Lakes of upstate NY. His short story collections include Between A Rock (Cork, Bradshaw Books, 2005). His poetry collections are Sourcing (Bradshaw Books, 2008); and Island Alchemy (Bradshaw Books, 2010). His non-fiction includes Cape Clear Island Magic (Cork, The Collins Press, 1994) [reissued in 1995 […]
Kudryavitsky, Anatoly
Anatoly Kudryavitsky (pen name of Antholy Kudryavitsky) was born in Moscow in 1954. His father was of Polish origin; his mother was a daughter of an Irishman from South Co. Mayo who died in Stalin’s Gulag. He is a member of the Russian Writers’ Union and Irish PEN, former President of the Russian Poetry Society […]