Louis de Paor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis de Paor (1961-) is one of Ireland's foremost poets in the Irish language. Born in Cork in 1961 and educated at Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, de Paor edited the acclaimed Irish language journal, Innti, which had been founded in 1970 by Michael Davitt, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Liam Ó Muirthile and Gabriel Rosenstock. He was awarded a PhD in Modern Irish from the National University of Ireland in 1986 for his thesis on Máirtín Ó Cadhain. He emigrated to Australia in 1987, where he lectured in the University of Sydney, returning to Ireland in 1996. He is now the Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway. De Paor has worked alongside many of the giants of literature in the Irish language such as Seán Ó Tuama, with whom he edited a twentieth century anthology of poetry in Irish.
[edit] Poetry
Known as 'Louis de Poet' or "the foxy poet" by his great friend, John Spillane, Louis has published widely in Irish, his most recent collection was Ag Greadadh Bas sa Reilig - Clapping in the Cemetery.
[edit] Artistic collaborations
De Paor has collaborated with the Cork traditional and folk singer, John Spillane under the name Gaelic Hit Factory where they travel around giving concerts of poetry and song.
