Maureen Boyle
Maureen Boyle (born 1961) is an award-winning Northern Irish poet.[1]
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Biography
Maureen Boyle was born and raised near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. 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.[2]
Awards
- Her poem "Weather Vane" won the Strokestown International Poetry Competition in 2007
- 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.
References
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
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