Marie MacSweeney

Born in Dublin of Kerry parents, MacSweeney attended Haddington Road school and Loreto College in Crumlin. She has also produced radio plays and historical essays.[1] Two of these, Dreams and Stars and A Life in the Day of Ravishing Rita were broadcast on RTE Radio One.[2]

In 1992 she moved to Wales but returned to Ireland and now she lives in Drogheda.[1] She has two sons.[3]

• Francis MacManus award (2001).[3]

• Mother Cecily's Music Room (Belfast, Lapwing, 2005)
• Flying During the Hours of Darkness (Lapwing, 2009)
• Cooking for Gallileo, a collection of poems and stories (Pagan Publications Ireland, 2014)
• Our Ordinary World and Other Stories (Victoria, Canada, Trafford Publishing, 2004 - self-published)
• Letters from a Recalcitrant Woman (MolyM Press, 2013)

• Marie MacSweeney (2004). Our Ordinary World and Other Stories. Trafford Publishing. pp. 329–. ISBN 978-1-4120-2095-4. (self-published)
• Steve Twelvetree (2005). Poppy Fields 2005: Inspired Poems of Remembrance and Reflection on the Adversity of War. Poetry Now. pp. 184–. ISBN 978-1-84602-003-2.
• "New Irish Books March- April 2014 Books Ireland Magazine". Booksirelandmagazine.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
• Official Website