Máiréad Ní Ghráda was born in 1896 in Kilmaley, Co Clare. A member of Cumann na mBan, the women’s division of the Irish Volunteers, she was secretary to Ernest Blythe during the period of the first Dáil Éireann. From 1926, she was a pioneering producer of children’s and women’s programmes for 2RN (precursor of Radio […]
Annemarie Neary was born in Co. Down. Her debut novel is A Parachute in the Lime Tree (Dublin, The History Press Ireland, 2012). Short story awards include the Bryan MacMahon award (Listowel Writers’ Week), prizes from Bridport and Fish, and the Columbia Journal contest in the US. A former lawyer, she lives in London. Annemarie […]
Mary Noonan was born in London, but grew up in Cork. Her debut collection of poems is The Fado House (Dublin, Dedalus Press, 2012). In 2007, she was selected to take part in the Poetry Ireland Introductions series in Dublin and was invited to read at the Poetry Hearings festival in Berlin in 2009. The […]
Doireann Ní Ghríofa was born in Galway in 1981, and grew up in County Clare. Her collections are Résheoid (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim 2011); and Dúlasair (Coiscéim 2012). She publishes poetry in both Irish and English. She was among the prize-winners in the emerging writer category at the Oireachtas literary awards 2010, and was shortlisted […]
Joan Newmann was born in 1942. Originally from County Armagh, she was a member of the Philip Hobsbaum Belfast Group – which included James Simmons and Seamus Heaney – which was at the centre of the poetry renaissance in Northern Ireland in the 1960s. Her collections include Coming of Age (Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1995); […]
Kate Newmann was born in Co Down in 1965. Her poetry collection is The Blind Woman in the Blue House (Kilcar, Co Donegal, Summer Palace Press, 2001); and with Joan Newmann, Belongings (Galway, Arlen House, 2007). With musicians Deirdre McKay, Bill Campbell, and Elaine Agnew, she has recorded How Well Did You Love? which was […]
Cláir Ní Aonghusa was born in Dublin in 1953. Her novels are Four Houses & A Marriage (Dublin, Poolbeg, 1997); and Civil and Strange (New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008/Penguin Ireland, 2009). She lives in Dublin. Cláir Ní Aonghusa at The National Library of Ireland
Nuala Ní Chonchúir was born in Dublin in 1970. Her poetry collections are Tatoo : Tatú (Galway, Arlen House, 2007, previously collected as Molly’s Daughter, in ¡DIVAS! Series (Galway, Arlen House, 2003); Portrait of the Artist with a Red Car (Templar Poetry, 2009); and The Juno Charm (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon, 2011). Her story collections […]
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin was born in Cork in 1942. Her poetry collections are Acts and Monuments (Dublin, The Gallery Press, 1972); Site of Ambush (The Gallery Press, 1975); Cork (The Gallery Press, 1977); The Second Voyage (The Gallery Press, 1977, revised edition 1986/Mass. Wake Forest University Press, 1991); The Rose Geranium (The Gallery Press, 1981 […]
Caitríona Ní Chléirchín is from Emyvale in Co Monaghan. Her first collection is Crithloinnir (Baile Átha Cliath, Coscéim, 2010), which won first prize in the Oireachtas competition for new writers 2010. She is an Irish-language lecturer in University College Dublin and is completing a doctorate on the poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Biddy Jenkinson. […]
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill was born in Lancashire in 1952, of Irish parents, and was brought up in the Dingle Gaeltacht and in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. Her collections include An Dealg Droighin (Cork, Mercier Press 1981); Féar Suaithinseach (Baile Átha Cliath, An Sagart, 1984); Rogha Dánta/Selected Poems ([translated by Michael Hartnett] Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1986); […]
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin in 1954. Her novels are The Bray House (Dublin, Attic Press, 1990); Singles (Dublin, Attic Press, 1992); The Dancers Dancing (Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1999/London Headline Review, 2001),which was shortlisted for the 2000 Orange Prize; and Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow (The Blackstaff Press, 2007); and Dún an Airgid (Dublin, […]
Colette Ní Ghallchóir was born in the Donegal Gaeltacht in 1950. She has published Idir dhá Ghleann (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1999); and An Chéad Chló (Gallimh, Cló Iar Chonnachta). A primary teacher, she lives in Donegal. ImramGaeilge Youtube channel Colette Ní Ghallchóir at The National Library of Ireland
Áine Ní Ghlinn was born in Co Tipperary in 1955. She has published three collections: An Chéim Bhriste (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1984); Gardín Pharthais (Coiscéim, 1988); and Deora Nár Caoineadh/Unshed Tears (Dublin, The Dedalus Press/ Coiscéim, 1996). She has written two non-fiction works for teenage readers, Mná agus nGnáth (Baile Átha Cliath, An Gúm, […]
Bríd Ní Mhóráin was born in Newmarket, Co Cork. Her poetry collections are Ceiliúradh Cré (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1992); Fé Bhrat Bhride (An Daingean, An Sagart, 2002); and Siolta an Iomais (Gallimh, Clo Iar-Chonnachta Teo, 2006). A prosework, Thiar Sa Mhainistir Atá An Ghaolainn Bhreá (Cill Dara, An Sagart, 1997), is a recommended text […]
Colette Nic Aodha was born in Shrule, Co. Mayo in 1967.Colette Nic Aodha A writer in both Irish and English, her poetry collections are Baill Seirce (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1998); Faoi Chrann Cnó Capaill (Coiscéim, 2000); Gallúnach-Ar-Rópa (Coiscéim, 2003); Sundial (Galway, Arlen House, 2005/New York, Syracuse University Press, 2006); Between Curses/Baine Géar (Arlen House, […]
Alison Norrington was born in Brentwood, in Essex, UK, to a Wexford family. Her novels are Class Act (Dublin, Poolbeg, 2003); Look Before You Leap (Poolbeg 2004); and Three of a Kind (Poolbeg, 2005). She showcased her first play A Fish & A Bonsai at The Queen’s Theatre in May 2004. She now lives in […]
Jim Norton was born in Dublin in 1947. He established HAIKU SPIRIT, Ireland’s international journal of haiku in 1992, and was its editor until 1997. He was a prize-winner in the Peterloo Poets Competition 1991 and BBC Wildlife Poets 1993. His main works are: WORDS ON THE WINDS – Haiku and Scroll-poems, with intro by […]
Christopher Nolan was born in 1965, and grew up in Dublin, overcoming cerebral palsy to write. He has published one collection of poems, Dam-burst of Dreams (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981). His autobiography, Under the Eye of the Clock (Weidenfeld and Nicholsan, 1987/New York, St Martin’s Press, 1988), won the Whitbread Award. His first novel […]
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