Caitriona O'Reilly
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Caitríona O'Reilly is an Irish
poet and critic. She took BA and PhD degrees in Archaeology and English at Trinity College, Dublin
, and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her poetry collection, The Nowhere Birds (2001, Bloodaxe); she has also held the Harper-Wood Studentship from St John's College, Cambridge. She is the co-author (with David Wheatley
) of a chapbook, Three-Legged Dog (Wild Honey Press, 2002); her second collection, The Sea Cabinet, followed in 2006. Her poetry can also be found in The Wake Forest Irish Poetry Series Vol.1. She is a widely published critic, has written for BBC Radio 4, translated from the Galician of María do Cebreiro, and published some fiction. She was a contributing editor of the Irish poetry journal Metre;
she has collaborated with artist Isabel Nolan and in 2008 was named editor of Poetry Ireland Review. She has recently become 'Poet in Residence' at Wake Forest University.
The Sea Cabinet was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award in 2007.
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poet and critic. She took BA and PhD degrees in Archaeology and English at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
, and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her poetry collection, The Nowhere Birds (2001, Bloodaxe); she has also held the Harper-Wood Studentship from St John's College, Cambridge. She is the co-author (with David Wheatley
David Wheatley
David Wheatley is an Irish poet and critic. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin where he edited Icarus. Wheatley is the author of four volumes of poetry with Gallery Press, as well as several chapbooks...
) of a chapbook, Three-Legged Dog (Wild Honey Press, 2002); her second collection, The Sea Cabinet, followed in 2006. Her poetry can also be found in The Wake Forest Irish Poetry Series Vol.1. She is a widely published critic, has written for BBC Radio 4, translated from the Galician of María do Cebreiro, and published some fiction. She was a contributing editor of the Irish poetry journal Metre;
she has collaborated with artist Isabel Nolan and in 2008 was named editor of Poetry Ireland Review. She has recently become 'Poet in Residence' at Wake Forest University.
The Sea Cabinet was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award in 2007.