Paddy Crosbie was born in Dublin in 1913. His books are Tales from the School Around the Corner (Dublin and Cork, The Mercier Press, 1979); and Your Dinner’s Poured Out (with an introduction by James Plunkett, Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1981). A teacher by profession, he worked as a script writer in the Capitol Theatre, Dublin […]
Patrick Galvin was born in Cork in 1927. His poetry collections include Heart of Grace (London, Linden Press, 1957); Christ in London (Linden Press, 1960); The Wood-burners (Dublin, New Writers Press, 1973); Man on the Porch (London, Martin Brien & O’Keeffe, 1980); Madwoman of Cork (cassette recording); Folktales for the General (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, […]
James Simmons was born in Derry in 1933 and educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and at Leeds University. He taught in Northern Ireland and for three years in the sixties at Ahmadu Bellow University, Nigeria. On his return he lectured in drama and Anglo-Irish literature and the New University of Ulster, and founded and edited […]
