Caitriona O'Reilly

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Who is Caitriona O'Reilly?

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; she has also held the Harper-Wood Studentship from St John's College, Cambridge. She is the co-author of a chapbook, Three-Legged Dog; 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 worked as 'Poet in Residence' at Wake Forest University and now lives in Lincoln.

The Sea Cabinet was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award in 2007.

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Born
1973
Dublin
Also known as
  • Caitríona O'Reilly
Nationality
  • Republic of Ireland
Profession
Education
  • Trinity College, Dublin
Lived in
  • County Dublin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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