| Maurice Scully | |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 5 March 2023 (aged 70–71) |
| Death Place: | Bolea, Spain |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College Dublin |
| Occupation: | Poet, teacher |
Maurice Scully (1952 – 5 March 2023) was an Irish poet who worked in the modernist tradition. Scully was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College. He was a member of Aosdana.[1]
After some years living in Italy, Africa and the west of Ireland, he settled with his wife and four children in Dublin.[2]
Scully died in Bolea, Spain on 5 March 2023.[3]
The Beau was an annual literary journal edited by Scully. It ran to three issues: 1981, 1982/83 and 1983/84. Although the journal was short-lived, its contributor list, featuring writers from Ireland, Britain and the United States, was impressive and it played an important role in the emergence of a number of experimental Irish poets. It also carried reproductions by a number of Irish artists.
Contributors included Roy Fisher, Knute Skinner, William Oxley, Randolph Healy, Brian Coffey, David Wright, Paul Durcan, John Freeman, John Jordan, Anthony Cronin, Gavin Ewart, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, George Barker, Dermot Bolger Billy Mills (poet) and Jim Burns.
The featured painters were Michael Mulcahy, Patrick Hall, Alice Hanratty and Patrick Pye.