Patrick Deeley (born 1953) is an Irish poet.

Patrick Deeley was born in Loughrea, County Galway.[1][2][3] His poems have been widely published and anthologised in Ireland and abroad over the past forty years, and translated to French, Italian, Spanish and other languages.[1][3] He has received awards, including the inaugural Dermot Healy Poetry Prize and the 2019 Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Prize for Poetry.[1] His works of fiction for younger readers include The Lost Orchard, winner of the Eilís Dillon Award in 2001.[1][3] His bestselling memoir, The Hurley Maker's Son, was published by Doubleday Ireland/Transworld and shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year Award.[1] He formerly worked as a primary school principal in Dublin.[1][2] In the 1980s, Deeley was on the council of Poetry Ireland.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Contemporary Irish Poetry Featured Writer: Patrick Deeley". Rochford Street Review. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b O'Brien, George (9 April 2016). "The Hurley Maker's Son by Patrick Deeley review: The making of a poet". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Nine Poems by Patrick Deeley". The Galway Review. 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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