Maria Edgeworth was born on New Year’s Day 1767, at Blackbourton, Oxfordshire. In 1782 she settled in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford with her father Richard Lovell Edgeworth, who was himself born in Bath, although the family had settled in Ireland in Elizabethan times. She acted as his chief assistant and secretary in the management of his [...]
Ann Egan was born in 1948 in Co Laois. Her collections are Landing the Sea (Cork, Bradshaw Books, 2003); and The Wren Women (Ballyclare, Co Antrim, The Black Mountain Press, 2003), which was dramatised and staged at Listowel Writers Week 2003. Her novel is Brigit of Kildare (Kildare Library and Arts Services, 2001). She has [...]
Desmond Egan was born in Athlone, Co Westmeath in 1936. He founded the Goldsmith Press in 1972 and edited Era, the literary magazine. His collections include Midland (Newbridge, The Goldsmith Press, 1972, with drawings by Brian Bourke); Leaves (Goldsmith Pres,1974), with drawings by Charles Cullen); Siege! (Goldsmith Press, 1976); Woodcutter (Goldsmith Press, 1978); Athlone? (Goldsmith [...]
Conleth Ellis was born in Carlow in 1937. He was Chairman of Poetry Ireland for three years, and co-edited Poetry Ireland Review 13. His poetry collections are This Ripening Time (1966); Under the Stone (Dublin, Gill and MacMillan 1971); Fómhar na nGéanna (1975); Aimsir Fháistineach (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1981); Nead Lán Sneachta (Coiscéim, 1982); [...]
John Ennis was born in Westmeath in 1944. His collections include Night on Hibernia (Dublin [now Oldcastle, Co Meath] The Gallery Press, 1976); Dolmen Hill (The Gallery Press, 1977); A Drink of Spring (The Gallery Press, 1979); The Burren Days (The Gallery Press, 1985); Arboretum (Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1990); In a Greener Shade (The [...]
Martina Evans was born in 1961 and grew up in County Cork. Her poetry is collected as The Inniscarra Bar Cycle Rest (Rockingham Press); Can Dentists Be Trusted? (London, Anvil, 2005); and Facing the Public (Anvil, 2009). Her novels are Midnight Feast (London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996); The Glass Mountain (Sinclair-Stevenson, 1997); and No Drinking, No Dancing, [...]
