Colette Nic Aodha Explained

Colette Nic Aodha
Birth Date:1967
Birth Place:Shrule, County Mayo, Ireland
Known For:Poetry
Education:B.A. M.A.
Children:3
Nationality:Irish

Colette Nic Aodha (born 1967) is an Irish poet and writer.

Biography

Colette Nic Aodha was born in Shrule, County Mayo.[1] She attended University College Galway where she completed a BA in Irish and History in 1988. She later went on to get an MA in Irish and is completing a PhD. She also gained a teaching qualification and spent several years as a secondary school teacher in Dublin and Carlow as well as in her own school in Galway. Nic Aodha has also taught in the Department of Irish Studies in Galway where she now lives and writes in both English and Irish. Most of her work is Irish language poetry although she has at least one collection of poetry in English and several in both. She has also completed an academic review of the blind poet Antoine Ó Raifteiri. Her work is used on the syllabus for primary, secondary and third-level students.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Nic Aodha is on the board of directors for Poetry Ireland and works on IMRAM, the Irish Language Festival. Her work has been in multiple anthologies.[9]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colette Nic Aodha . Ricorso . 2020-01-30.
  2. Web site: Congress . The Library of . LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) . id.loc.gov.
  3. Web site: Colette Nic Aodha . Portraits of Irish-Language Writers . 2019-09-24 . Irish . 2020-01-30.
  4. Web site: Past Seminars: 2018-19 – Modernist Studies Ireland . Modernist Studies Ireland – The initiative to found an all-island association for Modernist Studies in the Republic and the North . 2020-01-30.
  5. Web site: Junior Cert Irish Paper 2: No surprises in 'student friendly' exam . The Irish Times . 2013-03-21 . 2020-01-30.
  6. Web site: Mayo County Council. Mayo County Council -- Articles . Mayo County Council . 2008-01-01 . 2020-01-30.
  7. Book: Deane . S. . Bourke . A. . Carpenter . A. . Williams . J. . The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing . New York University Press . The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing . v. 5 . 2002 . 978-0-8147-9907-9 . 2020-01-30 . 1406.
  8. Web site: Réabhlóideach .... le Colette Nic Aodha . Coiscéim . Irish . 2020-01-30.
  9. Web site: Galway City Museum Lunchtime Reading with Colette Nic Aodha . Indymedia Ireland . 2020-01-30 . 2020-01-30.

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