Mícheál Ó hAodha

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Mícheál Ó hAodha
Born1969 (age 54–55)
NationalityIrish
OccupationPoet
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Limerick

Mícheál Ó hAodha (born 1969)[1] is an Irish poet and nonfiction writer. He also works in the departments of history and comparative literature at the University of Limerick, where he is a part-time lecturer.[2]

Works

Ó hAodha's poems have been collected in the books

  • Dúchas Dóchasach ["Survivor": Representations of the New Irish] (as Michael Hayes, illustrated by Jean Hakizimana, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2007)[3]
  • Slán le hÉireann [A Farewell to Ireland: Migrant Poems] (Coiscéim, 2012)[4]
  • Leabhar Dubh an tSneachta [The Black Book of Snow] (2015)
  • Leabhar na nAistear [The Book of Journeys] (Coiscéim, 2017)
  • Leabhar na nAistear II (Coiscéim, 2019)

He is also the author of:

  • Canting with Cauley: a Glossary of Travellers' Cant/Gammon (with William Cauley, A. & A. Farmar, 2006)[5]
  • Parley with me: a Compendium of Fairground Speech (A. & A. Farmar, 2006)[5]
  • Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities (as Michael Hayes, Liffey Press, 2007)[6]
  • Postcolonial Artist: Johnny Doran and Irish Traveller Tradition (with David Duohy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008)
  • "Insubordinate Irish": Travellers in the Text (Manchester University Press, 2011)[7]

He has a particular interest in minority groups including

Irish experience in Britain.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog data, retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. Mícheál Ó hAodha, University of Limerick, retrieved 9 June 2019
  3. ^

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