Life
1921- ; b. London [var. Waterford or Dublin], son of an Irish father; moved to Dublin at six months; ed. Newtown School, Waterford, and TCD; moved to England during World War II and joined civil service; appt. dir. of hydraulics commission; [dir.] First Civil Service Commissioner; settled in Berkshire on retirement; issued collections, The Brown Parrots of Providencia (1993) - aetat. 73; Who Goes There? (1996); Mrs Power Looks Over the Bay (1999); and Gas Light & Coke (2006), launched in Dublin.
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Works
The Brown Parrots of Providencia (London; Boston: Faber & Faber 1993), viii, 66pp.; Who Goes There? (London; Boston: Faber & Faber 1996), x, 75pp.; Mrs Power Looks Over the Bay (London: Faber 1999), 96pp.; Gas Light & Coke (Dublin: Dedalus Press 2006), 83pp. [reviewed by Hugh McFadden in Books Ireland, Oct. 2006].
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References
Patrick Crotty, ed., Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology (Belfast: Blackstaff Press 1995), selects “Elegy for Faustina” [134]; “The Fall” [135].
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