Mícheál Ó hAodha

Mícheál Ó hAodha (born 1969)[1] is an Irish poet and nonfiction writer. He also works in the departments of history and comparative literature at the University of Limerick, where he is a part-time lecturer.[2]

Mícheál Ó hAodha
Born1969 (age 53–54)
NationalityIrish
OccupationPoet
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Limerick

Works

Ó hAodha's poems have been collected in the books

  • Dúchas Dóchasach ["Survivor": Representations of the New Irish] (as Michael Hayes, illustrated by Jean Hakizimana, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2007)[3]
  • Slán le hÉireann [A Farewell to Ireland: Migrant Poems] (Coiscéim, 2012)[4]
  • Leabhar Dubh an tSneachta [The Black Book of Snow] (2015)
  • Leabhar na nAistear [The Book of Journeys] (Coiscéim, 2017)
  • Leabhar na nAistear II (Coiscéim, 2019)

He is also the author of:

  • Canting with Cauley: a Glossary of Travellers' Cant/Gammon (with William Cauley, A. & A. Farmar, 2006)[5]
  • Parley with me: a Compendium of Fairground Speech (A. & A. Farmar, 2006)[5]
  • Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities (as Michael Hayes, Liffey Press, 2007)[6]
  • Postcolonial Artist: Johnny Doran and Irish Traveller Tradition (with David Duohy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008)
  • "Insubordinate Irish": Travellers in the Text (Manchester University Press, 2011)[7]

He has a particular interest in minority groups including Irish Travellers and the Irish-speaking minority of the west of Ireland and has written many books in collaboration with Travellers, Roma, fairground/circus people and others. He has also written on the experiences of Irish emigrants, and the Irish experience in Britain.

References
  1. Birth year from Library of Congress catalog data, retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. Dr. Mícheál Ó hAodha, University of Limerick, retrieved 9 June 2019
  3. Poloczek, Katarzyna (February 2014), "Writing the 'new Irish' into Ireland's old narratives: the poetry of Sinéad Morrissey, Leontia Flynn, Mary O'Malley, and Michael Hayes", Literary visions of multicultural Ireland, Manchester University Press, pp. 133–148, doi:10.7228/manchester/9780719089282.003.0009
  4. Reviews of Slán le hÉirinn: Carson, Liam (April 2013), "From the margins", The Poetry Ireland Review, 109: 115–119, JSTOR 43958657; Ó Dúill, Gréagóir (2013), "Éiric", Comhar, 73 (6): 26–27, JSTOR 43499373
  5. Clear, Caitriona (2007), "Review of Canting with Cauley and Parley with me", Irish Economic and Social History, 34: 99–100, JSTOR 24338869
  6. ní Shuinéar, Sinéad (February 2010), "Review of Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities", Irish Studies Review, 18 (1): 124–128, doi:10.1080/09670880903533573
  7. Helleiner, Jane (May 2012), "Review of "Insubordinate Irish": Travellers in the text", Irish Historical Studies, 38 (149): 178–179, doi:10.1017/s0021121400001036
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