Máire Bradshaw (born 1943) is a writer, poet and publisher. Bradshaw was born in Limerick in 1943 and was educated in Laurel Hill convent before moving to Cork wherein she got involved with the feminist movement. She runs Bradshaw Books founded in 1985 as the Cork Women's Poetry Circle[1] and has published Theo Dorgan and Dympna Dreyer amongst others.[2] Bradshaw is a poet and was commissioned in 1991 to write the poem to celebrate the freedom of the city of Cork given to Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland as well as reading the presidential poem during her inauguration.[3] Her work is also in a number of anthologies as well as collections of her own work.[4][5][6][7][8] Bradshaw is also the director of Tig Fili, an organisation designed to provide workshops in art and poetry.[6][9][10][11]
Máire Bradshaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 Limerick |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Poet, publisher |
Bibliography
edit- Wise Women: A Portrait
- High Time for All the Marys
- Imagine: East Cork Writers
- Instinct
References
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- ^ "Final chapter for Bradshaw Books". Cork Independent. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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- ^ a b "Children turn to poetry to escape from videos and computers". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Sage, L.; Sage, P.E.L.L.; Lorna, S.; Greer, G.; Showalter, E.; Thomson Gale (Firm) (1999). The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Gale virtual reference library. Cambridge University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-521-66813-2. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Pierce, D. (2000). Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader. Cork University Press. p. 1277. ISBN 978-1-85918-208-6. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Small Poetry Presses in Ireland". Cordite Poetry Review. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ MacMonagle, N. (2015). Windharp: Poems of Ireland since 1916. Penguin Books Limited. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-84488-319-6. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Tributes by Members. – Seanad Éireann (21st Seanad) – Wednesday, 17 Sep 1997 – Houses of the Oireachtas". Houses of the Oireachtas website. 17 September 1997. Retrieved 7 May 2020.