Michael Harding

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Michael Harding (born 1953) is an Irish writer.

Biography

Harding was born and raised in Cavan, Ireland. He went to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, initially graduating as a lay graduate. He then taught for two years in St. Patrick's College in Cavan Town, then worked as a social worker in a prison. He returned to Maynooth as a seminarian and was ordained in 1980, after which he went to work in a parish in Fermanagh. He left the priesthood in 1985, [1] then spent seventeen years practising Buddhism.[ citation needed ]

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He is married to the sculptor Cathy Carman (whom he first met in 1984) and they have a daughter Sophia and a son, Simon. He lives in Tarmon, County Leitrim.[ citation needed ]

Work

He is an active writer of novels and poetry. He is a regular columnist with The Irish Times . He was Writer in Association with The Abbey Theatre in 1993 and was Writer in Residence at Trinity College Dublin, in 1999. [2]

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References

  1. Michael P. Harding - Biography.
  2. 1 2 Michael Harding Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine , Irish Writers Online.