Ronan Sheehan (born 1953) is an Irish novelist, short story writer and essayist.[1] He was an early member of the Irish Writers' Co-operative (founded in 1974 by Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and Peter Sheridan)[2] and its Secretary from 1975 to 1983.[3] He received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1984.[4] Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law.[3] He was the General Editor of the Catullus Project to translate works by Catullus into English and Irish.[5]
Sheehan was educated at Gonzaga College, and University College Dublin, and the Incorporated Law Society. Neil Jordan, the Irish film-maker, called his Foley's Asia, "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, [offering] a unique insight into [the] Irish and Indian colonial experience".[4]