Philip Cummings, born in Belfast in 1964. His first poetry collection Néalta (Coiscéim, 2005) won the Irish Language prize in the Glen Dimplex New Writers Awards 2006 and was shortlisted for the Rupert and Eithne Strong Award 2006. Dar Liom (Coiscéim, 2008) is a selection of his columns from the newspaper Lá Nua, where he […]
Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa was born in Ballineen in West Cork. His collections are Faoi Léigear (Baile Átha Cliath, An Clóchomhar Tta.,1980); Mearcair (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim), which won the Oireachtas na Gaeilge National Poetry Prize in 1996; and An Dara Bás (Coiscéim, 2002), which won the Oireachtas na Gaeilge National Poetry Prize in 2002. Among […]
Gréagóir Ó Dúill was born in Dublin and grew up in Co Antrim. He has published six collections, including Innilt Bhóthair (Báile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1981); Dubhthrian (Coiscéim, 1985); Blaoscoileán (Coiscéim, 1988); Crannóg agus Carn (Coiscéim, 1991); Saothrú an Ghoirt (Coiscéim, 1994); Traverse, (Co Down, Lapwing Publications, 1998);New Room Windows (Tralee, Doghouse Books, 2008); and […]
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: […]
