Padraic Fallon was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1946, the sixth and youngest son of the poet and playwright Padraic Fallon. He is chairman of an international financial publishing company whose headquarters are in London, and is a director of one of the largest UK newspaper groups. He was awarded the Wincott Special Award for [...]
Kevin Faller was born in Galway in 1920. His poetry collections include Island Lyrics (Dublin, Colm O’Lochlainn, 1963); Lament for Bull Island and Other Poems (Dublin, The Goldsmith Press, 1973); The Lilac Tree and Other Poems (Dublin, St Beuno’s Press, 1979); Memoirs: Collected Poems (Mornington, Co Meath, Tracks, 1984). He published one novel, Genesis (London, [...]
Padraic Fallon was born in Athenry, Co Galway in 1905. His first poems were published in Dublin by George Russell His only collection during his lifetime, Collected Poems (Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1974) was published a few months before his death. His other collections are Poems & Versions (ed Brian Fallon, Dublin, Raven Arts Press/ [...]
Peter Fallon was born in Germany in 1951 and since 1957 has lived in Ireland. He founded The Gallery Press in 1970, and has edited and published more than 300 books of poems and plays by Irish writers. His own poetry collections include The Speaking Stones (with drawings by Timothy Engelland, Dublin, The Gallery Press, [...]
George Farquhar was born in Derry (or Londonderry) in 1678, the son of a poor clergyman. He attended Trinity College Dublin as a sizar or servitor, a class of poor scholars who were obliged to perform menial duties, but left to join the celebrated actor Wilks and his troupe of actors at Smock Alley Theatre [...]
Bernard Farrell was born in Sandycove, Co Dublin. His plays for theatre include I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, 1979); Legs Eleven (Moving Theatre, 1979); Canaries (Abbey Theatre, 1980); All In Favour Say No! (Abbey Theatre, 1981); Petty Sessions (Abbey Theatre, 1983); Don Juan (adapted from Molière, Abbey Theatre, 1984); [...]
Gerard Fanning was born in Dublin in 1952. His collections are Easter Snow (Dublin, The Dedalus Press,1992); Working for the Government (Dedalus, 1999); Water and Power (Dedalus, 2005); and Hombre: New and Selected Poems (Dedalus Press, 2011) He lives in Dublin. Gerard Fanning at The Dedalus Press Gerard Fanning at The National Library of Ireland
Desmond Fennell was born in Belfast in 1929 and grew up in Dublin. His books are Mainly in Wonder (London, Hutchinson, 1959); The Changing Face of Catholic Ireland (Dublin, Chapman, 1968); The State of the Nation: Ireland since the 60s (Swords, Ward River Press, 1983); Beyond Nationalism: The Struggle against Provincialism in the Modern World (Swords, Ward River Press, [...]
Born Patrick Joseph O’Connor in Belfast in 1924, Padraic Fiacc adopted his pseudonym at the urging of Padraic Colum. His family emigrated to New York, but he returned to Belfast in 1946. His collections include Woe to the Boy (1957); By the Black Stream (Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1969); Odour of Blood (Kildare, The Goldsmith [...]
Anne Fitzgerald was born in Dublin in 1965. Her poetry collections are Swimming Lessons (Wales, Stonebridge, 2001); and The Map of Everything (Dublin, Fortyfoot Press, 2006). She has edited, designed and produced four anthologies of young adults poetry, including The Colour of The World (Dublin, MET Press, 2003); The Compass (Dublin, MET Press, 2004); Uncharted [...]
