Ronan Sheehan is an Irish

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 novelist, short story writer and essayist. He was an early member of the Irish Writers' Co-operative (founded in 1974 by Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

Neil Patrick Jordan is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game.- Early life :...

 and Peter Sheridan

Peter Sheridan

Peter Sheridan is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director. He lives in the north side of Dublin.His plays have a lyrical, vivid style amid tough dialog highlighting the difficulty and the promise of life in Ireland's capital. Awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature...

) and its Secretary from 1975 to 1983. He received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

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 in 1984. Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law. He was the General Editor of the Catullus Project to translate works by Catullus

Catullus

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 into English and Irish.

Sheehan was educated at Gonzaga College

Gonzaga College

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, and University College Dublin

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, and the Incorporated Law Society.
Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

Neil Patrick Jordan is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game.- Early life :...

, the Irish film-maker, called his Foley's Asia, "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, [offering] a unique insight into [the] Irish and Indian colonial experience".

Works

• Tennis Players (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1977), ISBN 0905441036.
• Boy with an injured eye (Tralee, Brandon Books, 1983), ISBN 0863220282 (Hardcover), ISBN 0863220495 (Paperback)
• Foley's Asia (Dublin, The Lilliput Press
  The Lilliput Press
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  , 1999), ISBN 190186636x.
• The Irish Catullus: One Gentleman from Verona (A.& A. Farmar, April 15, 2010), ISBN 9781906353193.