Maureen Boyle Explained

Maureen Boyle (born 1961) is a Northern Irish poet.^[1]

Biography

Maureen Boyle was born and raised near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Currently, Maureen Boyle is living in Belfast.^[2] She studied English at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating B.A in 1984. Her poems have been published in Fortnight Magazine, The Yellow Nib, and elsewhere. She is married to the Belfast journalist and writer Malachi O'Doherty.^[3] She teaches at St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls in Belfast.^[4]

Awards

• Her poem "Weather Vane" won the Strokestown International Poetry Competition in 2007.^[5]
• She was the recipient in 2007 of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Prize for an emergent poet.
• She was a runnerup for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 2004.

External links

• Maureen Boyle reads poetry on PoetCasting
• How come Northern Ireland has the best poets?
• Strokestown International Poetry Festival 2007
• Maureen Boyle, The 2004 2nd Place Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award Winner
• Maureen Boyle, The 2000 2nd Place Winner (English) of the International Poetry Competition
• Maureen Boyle at William Carleton Summer School

Notes and References

1. http://www.strokestownpoetry.org/shortlist2007.html 2007 Shortlist (English)
2. Web site: Maureen Boyle . 2024-01-17 . islandsedgepoetry . en-US.
3. http://www.allianceparty.org/news/000774/speech_by_malachi_odoherty_at_alliance_annual_conference.html Speech by Malachi O'Doherty at Alliance Annual Conference (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland)
4. News: Poetic celebration of Strabane set to become the talk of the town after BBC broadcast . 4 July 2022 . Belfast Telegraph . 4 January 2019.
5. Web site: 2016-01-10 . Strokestown Poetry Prize – Past winning poems Strokestown Poetry . 2023-04-28 . en-GB.