Sheila O'Hagan
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Sheila O’Hagan is a Dublin based writer and poet. Sheila O'Hagan began writing poetry in 1984 while studying at Birkbeck College, London University. She is a teacher of Creative Writing and reviewer, has given a workshop in Wormwood scrubs prison and was Writer-in-residence for County Kildare
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She won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
in 1991, the Goldsmith Award for Poetry in 1988, the Hennessey/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the Year in 1992 and the Listowel Writers Week, 1990/1998.
County Kildare
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
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She won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award is an Irish poetry award for a collection of poems by an author who has not previously been published in collected form. It is confined to poets born on the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or a long-term resident of Ireland. It is based on an open...
in 1991, the Goldsmith Award for Poetry in 1988, the Hennessey/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the Year in 1992 and the Listowel Writers Week, 1990/1998.
Poetry Books
- The Peacock’s Eye (Salmon Publishing, 1992)
- The Troubled House (Salmon Publishing, 1995)
- Along the Liffey: Poems & Short Stories (Salmon Poetry, 2009)