Patrick Deeley, Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, born 1953.

Deeley was born in Loughrea

Loughrea

Loughrea is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains.The town expanded in recent years as it increasingly becomes a commuter town for the city of Galway.- Name :...

, County Galway

County Galway

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. His poems have been published in Ireland and abroad over the past thirty years, and five collections of his work have appeared from Dedalus Press. He also writes fiction for younger readers, and his novel The Lost Orchard won The Eilis Dillon

Eilís Dillon

Eilís Dillon was an Irish author of 50 books. Her work has been translated into 14 languages....

Award in 2001.

He works as a primary school principal in Dublin.

Bibilography

• Intimate Strangers (1986)
• Names for Love (1990)
• Turane: The Hidden Village (1995)
• Decoding Samara (2000)
• The Bones of Creation (2008).
• The Lost Orchard (2001)
• Territoire (2010)

External links

• http://www.theparlourreview.com/patrick-deeley
• http://www.irishwriters-online.com/patrickdeeley.html
• http://www.munsterlit.ie/Southword/Issues/17A/Poetry/deeley_patrick.html
• http://www.obrien.ie/book326.cfm