Sean Godley (born 17 November 1981) is an Irish-Australian writer and poet.
Born in Cavan, he is the son of John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken and his second wife, Susan Heazlewood. He grew up between the family's estate, Killegar House, in Carrigallen, County Leitrim, and England, where he was educated.
His poetry is influenced by Michael Dransfield and Dylan Thomas and is concerned with mortality and monoism. He won the prize for the best Short Poem at Ireland's leading literary festival, the Listowel Writer's Week, in 2006 for his sonnet "Sitting Still".[1] He is also a recipient of the Leitrim Guardian Literary Award for his short story "Flying the Nest"
Sean completed an MA in Writing at NUI Galway in March 2007. For the duration of 2008 he lived in Prague where he wrote the first draft of the novel on which he is currently working.
Since December 2008, he has been building up a YouTube channel as a chess commentator (user name: SeanGGodley).