Pól Ó Muiri Explained

Pól Ó Muiri (b 1965) is an Irish journalist, poet, and Irish-language editor of The Irish Times.

Biography

Ó Muiri was born in Belfast in 1965. He attended St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast and then Queen's University Belfast from which he was awarded a BA (Hons) in Celtic Studies and Scholastic Philosophy followed by a PhD in Celtic Studies.

In 1991, he was given the Sam Hanna Bell Fellowship in Literature from the Cultural Traditions Group.^[1]

Career

Ó Muiri is a journalist and currently Irish language editor of The Irish Times.^[2]

He writes principally in Irish, his works covering poetry and short fiction in both languages, as well as a biography of Seosamh Mac Grianna.

Bibliography

• Faoi Scáil na Ríona, 1991
• Dinnseanchas, 1992
• Ginealach Ultach, 1993
• Siosafas: Gearrscéalta, 1995
• Abhar Filíochta, 1995
• D-Day, 1995
• A Flight from Shadow: The Life & Works of Seosamh Mac Grianna, 1999
• Is Mise Ísmeáél, 2000
• Na Móinteacha, 2004
• Seosamh Mac Grianna: Míreanna Saoil, 2007
• Cold War, 2009

External links

• http://laganpress.co/authors/pol-o-muiri
• https://tuairisc.ie/scribhneoiri/polomuiri/
• https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/archive/pol-o-muiri/
• http://www.coisceim.ie/acht.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pol O Muiri . Lagan Press. 26 February 2022.
2. Web site: Pol O Muiri The Irish Times. www.irishtimes.com. 2020-05-11.