TS O’Rourke was born in 1968. His novels include Ganglands (Breffni Books, 1996); Death Call (Breffni Books, 1997); and The Republican (Killynon House Books, 2006). He has lived in Sydney, Gothenburg and London. Interview on Kindle Author Blogspot T.S. O’Rourke at The National Library of Ireland
Micheal O’Siadhail was born in Dublin in 1947. His collections are An Bhliain Bhisigh (Baile Átha Cliath, An Clóchomhar, 1978); Runga (An Clóchomhar, 1980); Cumann (An Clóchomhar, 1982); The Image Wheel (Dublin, Bluett, 1985); The Chosen Garden (Dublin, Dedalus, 1990); Hail! Madam Jazz: New and Selected Poems (Tarset, UK, Bloodaxe Books, 1992); A Fragile City […]
Cathal Ó Searcaigh was born in Donegal and lives at the foot of Mount Errigal. His collections of poetry include Homecoming/An Bealach ‘na Bhaile (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1993); Na Buachaillí Bána (Lagan Press, 1995); An Tnúth leis an tSolas (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2001), for which he received 2001 The Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for the Irish […]
Pádraig Ó Snodaigh was born in Carlow in 1935. He was assistant keeper of the National Museum from 1963-88, and President of the Gaelic League from 1974-78. He has published scholarly works such as Hidden Ulster (Belfast, Lagan Press, 1998); and The Irish volunteers, 1715-1793 (Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1995); a novel, Ó Pharnell go […]
Derry O’Sullivan was born in Cork in 1944. A former student of Seán Ó Tuama, his poetry collections in Irish are Cá bhfuil do Iudás? (Dublin, Coscéim, 1987) winner of four Oireachtas poetry awards and the Sean O Riordáin Memorial Prize; Cá bhfuil Tiarna Talún l’Univers? (Coscéim, 1994); and An Lá go dTáinig Siad, Coscéim, […]
Maeve O’Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1963. Her collections are Double Rainbow [with Kim Richardson](Uxbridge, UK, Alba Publishing, 2005); Initial Response, An A-Z of haiku moments (Alba Publishing, 2011); and Vocal Chords (Alba Publishing, 2014). She is a winner of the Listowel Writers’ Week poetry competition for a single poem, and conducts haiku workshops […]
Leanne O’Sullivan was born in 1983 in the Beara peninsula of West Cork. Her collections are Waiting for My Clothes (Northumberland, UK, Bloodaxe Books, 2004); Cailleach. The Hag of Beara (Bloodaxe Books, 2009); and The Mining Road (Bloodaxe Books, 2013). She has been awarded the 2009 Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary, and The Rooney Prize […]
Michael 0’Sullivan was born in Cork City in 1959. His collections of poetry include The Physics of Parting (Indiana, Wyndham Hall Press/Cloverdale Library, 1993); Mornings of the Oresteia, New & Selected Poems 1978-2008 (Belfast, Lapwing Publications, 2008); and The Judge Who Sentenced You to Your Own Destiny (Lapwing Publications, 2008). His work has won many […]
Seán Ó Tuama was born in Cork in 1926. He was former Professor of Modern Irish Literature in University College Cork, and a visiting Professor in Harvard, Oxford and in the University of Toronto. He poetry collections include Faoileán Na Beatha (Baile Átha Cliath, An Chlochomar Tta., 1962); and Death in the Land of Youth: […]
Fintan O’Toole was born in Dublin in 1958. His books include The Politics of Magic: The Work and Times of Tom Murphy (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1987); A Mass for Jesse James: A Journey Through 1980s Ireland (Raven Arts Press, 1990); Black Hole, Green Card: The Disappearance of Ireland (Dublin, New Island Books, 1994); Meanwhile […]
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc/Eugene Watters (qv) was born in Ballinasloe, Co Galway in 1919. He received a Masters Degree in English Literature and Language from UCD. He served as an Officer in the Irish Army and worked as a primary teacher in Dublin until 1961, when he became a full time writer. After the death of […]
Frank Ormsby was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 1947. His books of poetry include the collections Ripe for Company (Belfast, Ulsterman Publications, 1971); A Store of Candles (Oxford University Press, 1977); A Northern Spring (London, Secker & Warburg, 1986); and The Ghost Train (Oldcastle, Co Meath, The Gallery Press, 1995). He has edited a […]
Damien Owens was born in Monaghan in 1971. He also writes under the name Alex Coleman “for (sigh) marketing reasons”. His novels as Damien Owens are Dead Cat Bounce (London, Flame, 2001) Peter and Mary Have a Row (Flame, 2002). As Alex Coleman he has published The Bright Side (Dublin, Poolebeg Press, 2008); and Little […]
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