Joan Newmann was born in 1942. Originally from County Armagh, she was a member of the Philip Hobsbaum Belfast Group – which included James Simmons and Seamus Heaney – which was at the centre of the poetry renaissance in Northern Ireland in the 1960s. Her collections include Coming of Age (Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1995); [...]
Kate Newmann was born in Co Down in 1965. Her poetry collection is The Blind Woman in the Blue House (Kilcar, Co Donegal, Summer Palace Press, 2001); and with Joan Newmann, Belongings (Galway, Arlen House, 2007). With musicians Deirdre McKay, Bill Campbell, and Elaine Agnew, she has recorded How Well Did You Love? which was [...]
Cláir Ní Aonghusa was born in Dublin in 1953. Her novels are Four Houses & A Marriage (Dublin, Poolbeg, 1997); and Civil and Strange (New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008/Penguin Ireland, 2009). She lives in Dublin. Cláir Ní Aonghusa at The National Library of Ireland
Nuala Ní Chonchúir was born in Dublin in 1970. Her poetry collections are Tatoo : Tatú (Galway, Arlen House, 2007, previously collected as Molly’s Daughter, in ¡DIVAS! Series (Galway, Arlen House, 2003); Portrait of the Artist with a Red Car (Templar Poetry, 2009); and The Juno Charm (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon, 2011). Her story collections [...]
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin was born in Cork in 1942. Her poetry collections are Acts and Monuments (Dublin, The Gallery Press, 1972); Site of Ambush (The Gallery Press, 1975); Cork (The Gallery Press, 1977); The Second Voyage (The Gallery Press, 1977, revised edition 1986/Mass. Wake Forest University Press, 1991); The Rose Geranium (The Gallery Press, 1981 [...]
Caitríona Ní Chléirchín is from Emyvale in Co Monaghan. Her first collection is Crithloinnir (Baile Átha Cliath, Coscéim, 2010), which won first prize in the Oireachtas competition for new writers 2010. She is an Irish-language lecturer in University College Dublin and is completing a doctorate on the poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Biddy Jenkinson. [...]
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill was born in Lancashire in 1952, of Irish parents, and was brought up in the Dingle Gaeltacht and in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. Her collections include An Dealg Droighin (Cork, Mercier Press 1981); Féar Suaithinseach (Baile Átha Cliath, An Sagart, 1984); Rogha Dánta/Selected Poems ([translated by Michael Hartnett] Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1986); [...]
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin in 1954. Her novels are The Bray House (Dublin, Attic Press, 1990); Singles (Dublin, Attic Press, 1992); The Dancers Dancing (Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1999), shortlisted for the 2000 Orange Prize; and Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow (The Blackstaff Press, 2007); and Dún an Airgid (Dublin, Cois Life, 2008). She [...]
Colette Ní Ghallchóir was born in the Donegal Gaeltacht in 1950. She has published Idir dhá Ghleann (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1999); and An Chéad Chló (Gallimh, Cló Iar Chonnachta). A primary teacher, she lives in Donegal. ImramGaeilge Youtube channel Colette Ní Ghallchóir at The National Library of Ireland
Áine Ní Ghlinn was born in Co Tipperary in 1955. She has published three collections: An Chéim Bhriste (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1984); Gardín Pharthais (Coiscéim, 1988); and Deora Nár Caoineadh/Unshed Tears (Dublin, The Dedalus Press/ Coiscéim, 1996). She has written two non-fiction works for teenage readers, Mná agus nGnáth (Baile Átha Cliath, An Gúm, [...]
