Category: Spring 2016 Irish Issue

Ciaran O’Driscoll
was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny in 1943, and presently lives in Limerick. He has six collections of poetry to his credit, Gog and Magog (Salmon

Doireann Ní Ghríofa
is a bilingual poet writing both in Irish Gaelic and in English. Among her awards are the Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary 2014 –2015. Her most

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
born in 1942, is married to Macdara Woods, and they are founder editors of the literary review Cyphers. She was educated at University College

Cláir Ní Aonghusa
was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her poems and short stories have been widely published. Her published novels are Four Houses & A Marriage

Paula Meehan
offers these poems from Geomantic a commemorative quilt in 81 nine line, nine syllable verses to be published by Dedalus Press, Dublin, autumn of

Afric McGlinchey
awards include the Hennessy Poetry award and a Faber Academy fellowship. She has been selected by Poetry Ireland Review as one of Ireland’s

Thomas McCarthy
was born in Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland in 1954. He was educated at University College Cork. He is the winner of the Patrick Kavanagh

John MacKenna
is the author of seventeen books: novels, short–story collections, memoir, and poetry. He is a winner of the Irish Times; C Day Lewis and

Susan Lindsay
has had two collections of poetry published, Whispering the Secrets and Fear Knot (Doire Press, 2011, 2013). She was a founding co–editor

John Liddy
was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1954. He is the founding editor, along with Jim Burke, of The Stony Thursday Book and has published many