Cafferky, Tony 

Tony Cafferky was born in Dublin. He has published a novel, Baulox (Dingle, Brandon 1984); and Storia del Identito, short fiction in translation (Milan, 1988). He has had three stage plays produced: Corporation Flat, Cement and Potatoes. He was awarded the inaugural Brendan Behan Fellowship in 1981. He lives in Leitrim. Tony Cafferky at The [...]

Callaghan, Louise C. 

Louise C. Callaghan was born in 1948 and brought up in County Dublin. Her collections are The Puzzle-Heart (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon, 1999); Remember The Birds (Salmon Poetry, 2005); and In The Ninth House (Salmon Poetry, 2010). She compiled and edited Forgotten Light: An Anthology of Memory Poems (A & A Farmar, 2003). Her poetry is [...]

Callaghan, Mary Rose 

Mary Rose Callaghan was born in Dublin in 1944. Her novels include Mothers (Dublin, Arlen House 1982, London, Marian Boyars, 1984); Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter (London & New York, Marion Boyars, 1985); The Awkward Girl (Dublin, Attic Press, 1989); Has Anyone Seen Heather? (Attic Press, 1990); Emigrant Dreams (Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1996), republished as [...]

Campbell, Siobhán 

Siobhán Campbell was born in Dublin. Her collections are The Permanent Wave (Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1996); The Cold That Burns (The Blackstaff Press, 2000). and Cross-Talk (Cardiff, Seren, 2009). She has also published two chapbooks, That Water Speaks in Tongues (Derbyshire, Templar, 2008); and Darwin Among the Machines (Powys, Rack Press, 2009). A She [...]

Carr, Marina 

Marina Carr was born in 1964 and grew up in Co Offaly. Her main theatrical works include Low in the Dark (Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 1989); The Deer’s Surrender (Dublin, Andrews Lane Theatre,1990); This Love Thing (Dublin, Project Arts Centre, and Belfast, Old Museum Building, 1991); Ullaloo (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, The Peacock stage, 1991); [...]

Carroll, Paul Vincent 

Paul Vincent Carroll was born Co Louth in 1900. His plays includes the one-act The Watched Pot (Dublin, The Abbey, Peacock Stage, 1930); The Things That are Caesar’s (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, 1932); Coggerers (The Abbey Theatre, 1937 [later renamed The Conspirators]); Shadow and Substance (The Abbey Theatre, 1937), which was the winner of the [...]

Cary, Joyce 

Joyce Cary was born Arthur Joyce Lunel in Derry City in 1888, the family home being Castle Cary in Inishowen, Co Donegal. He settled in Oxford in 1920, having been wounded during World War I. His Novels include Aissa Saved (London, Ernest Benn 1932); An American Visitor (Ernest Benn 1933); The African Witch (London, Victor [...]

Casey, Eileen 

Eileen Casey was born in the Midlands. Her debut poetry collection is Drinking the Colour Blue (Dublin, New Island Books, 2008). From Bone to Blossom (Dublin, Altents Publishing, 2011), a collaborative work with visual artist Emma Barone and featuring an introduction by Grace Wells, received support from Offaly County Council and South Dublin County Council. [...]

Casey, Kevin 

Kevin Casey was born in Kells, Co Meath in 1940. His novels are The Sinner’s Bell (London, Faber 1968); A Sense of Survival (Faber, 1974); Dreams of Revenge (Faber, 1977); and A State of Mind (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2009). He lives in Dublin. Kevin Casey at Faber & Faber Kevin Casey at The National [...]

Casey, Philip 

Philip Casey was born to Irish parents in London in 1950 and grew up in Co Wexford. His verse collections are Those Distant Summers (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1980); After Thunder (Raven Arts Press, 1985); The Year of the Knife Poems 1980-1990, (Raven Arts Press Dublin, 1991); and Dialogue in Fading Light/New and Selected Poems [...]