Authors
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Adrian FraizerAdrian Frazier is a graduate of Pomona College (BA 1971), Trinity College Dublin (Diploma in Anglo-Irish Literature, 1973), and Washington University in St. Louis (MA 1976; Ph.D 1979). |
Alice CurtayneBorn in 1901, Alice Curtayne was both a novelist and a historian who wrote studies of Patrick Sarsfield and Oliver Plunkett, among others. It is, however, for collectiong and preserving so much of the poetry of Francis Ledwidge that she is most remembered and cherished today. She was married to the... |
Angela BourkeA lecturer in modern irish at University College Dublin, Angela Bourke has published sotires in ireland and America, where she was the 1992 winner of the Frank O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. |
Anthony GlavinBoston-Irish, Anthony Glavin first came to Ireland in 1974 where he lived for many years in Donegal before moving to Dublin. A former editor of 'New Irish Writing' in The Irish Press, his short stories have been widely published in Ireland, England and America. They have appeared in such... |
Aubrey MaloneAubrey Malone (author of Historic Pubs of Dublin) grew up in the west of Ireland and moved to Dublin in 1969. A full-time writer and journalist, his many books include fiction and biography and lighter works such as The Sayings of Brendan Behan and The Guinness Book of Humorous Irish Anecdotes. He... |
Bairbre TóibínBairbre Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. She studied Irish and History at University College Dublin, and now teaches in her home town of Enniscorthy. |