Dave Lordan
Dave Lordan was born in Derby, England, in 1975, and grew up in Clonakilty in West Cork.
His first collection is Boy in the Ring (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Poetry, 2007).
In 2004 he was awarded an Arts Council bursary and in 2005 he won the Patrick Kavanagh Award for poetry.
He lives in Co Wicklow.