External links
- Thomas McCarthy Poems in Qualm
- Video of Thomas McCarthy reading at the National Gallery of Ireland on YouTube
- Podcast interview with Thomas McCarthy in which he reads from his work (March 2010)
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| Born | 1954 Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | University College Cork |
| Notable works | The Sorrow Garden, Mr Dineen's Careful Parade, "The Merchant Prince |
Thomas McCarthy (born 1954) is an Irish poet, novelist, and critic, born in Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland. He attended University College Cork where he was part of a resurgence of literary activity under the inspiration of John Montague. Among McCarthy's contemporaries, described by Thomas Dillon Redshaw as "that remarkable generation", were the writers and poets Theo Dorgan, Sean Dunne, Greg Delanty, Maurice Riordan and William Wall. McCarthy edited, at various times, The Cork Review and Poetry Ireland Review. He has published seven collections of poetry with Anvil Press Poetry, London, including The Sorrow Garden, The Lost Province, Mr Dineen's Careful Parade, The Last Geraldine Officer, [1] and Merchant Prince. [2] The main themes of his poetry are Southern Irish politics, love and memory. He is also the author of two novels; Without Power and Asya and Christine. He is married with two children and lives in Cork City where he worked in the City Libraries until his retirement. He won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1977. His monograph "Rising from the Ashes" tells the story of the burning of the Carnegie Free Library in Cork City by the Black and Tans in 1920 and the subsequent efforts to rebuild the collection with the help of donors from all over the world. [3]
McCarthy is also a contributor to a series of podcasts made by Podcasts.ie (under the Arts Council of Ireland’s Literature Project Awards) called The Writer's Passage in which 10 Irish authors take a personal tour through the locations of their books. [5]
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