O’Reilly, Caitriona

Caitriona O’Reilly was born in 1973 and grew up in Wicklow.

Caitriona O'Reilly
Caitriona O'Reilly. Image Bloodaxe Books

Her collections are The Nowhere Birds (Tarset, UK, Bloodaxe Books, 2001), which was was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature; The Sea Cabinet (Bloodaxe Books, 2007).

She has been contributing editor of Metre, and editor of Poetry Ireland Review.

She lives in Wicklow and Hull.


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Caitriona O’Reilly at Bloodaxe Books

Caitriona O’Reilly at The National Library of Ireland


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