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Patrick Deeley, Irish poet, born 1953.

Background

Deeley was born in Loughrea, County Galway.

Career

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 works as a primary school principal in Dublin.

Achievements

  • He also writes fiction for younger readers, and his novel The Lost Orchard won The Eilis Dillon Award in 2001.