About
Highly-regarded Irish poet, author, editor, and critic whose poetic works include Weather Permitting and Long Story Short. His prose and critical publications include Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams; Quote Poet Unquote; and The Outnumbered Poet.
Before Fame
He studied law in Dublin and spent thirty years as an employee of the Irish Office of the Revenue Commissioners.
Trivia
In his memoir Sing for the Taxman, he modestly states that he always thought of himself more as a civil servant than as a poet.
Family Life
He was one of several children born to Catherine Lahart and James O'Driscoll. He married fellow poet Julie O'Callaghan.
Associated With
His biography of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney was published in 2008.
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