Maureen Boyle
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 runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 2004.
References
- ^ 2007 Shortlist (English) Archived 20 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Maureen Boyle". islandsedgepoetry. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Speech by Malachi O'Doherty at Alliance Annual Conference (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) Archived 15 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Poetic celebration of Strabane set to become the talk of the town after BBC broadcast". Belfast Telegraph. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Strokestown Poetry Prize – Past winning poems | Strokestown Poetry". 10 January 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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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