Tom MacIntyre

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Tom MacIntyre (10 December 1931 [1] – 31 October 2019) [2] was an Irish poet, playwright and writer. Born in Cavan, he grew up in Bailieborough with his four siblings, and briefly worked as a pharmaceutical chemist, before deciding to write.

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MacIntyre played as a goalkeeper for the Cavan junior team which won the Ulster Championship in 1957, and reportedly, also played in the same position for the Cavan senior team. [3]

He was a member of the New Writers Press and became a member of Aosdána in 1981.

He taught at Clongowes Wood College and at American universities, among them the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Williams College, Massachusetts [4] .

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Poetry

Plays

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References

  1. ↑ "Tom MacIntyre obituary: Playwright who put nation in psychiatrist's chair". The Irish Times.
  2. ↑ Doyle, Martin. "President leads tributes to late playwright and poet Tom MacIntyre, 87". The Irish Times.
  3. ↑ Carney, Jim (5 April 2020). "Why have football and hurling remained a cultural wasteland for our writers and artists?". Sunday Independent .
  4. ↑ Information from dustjacket of Tom Mac Intyre's "The Harper's Turn" (1982)
  5. ↑ "Eye-Winker, Tom-Tinker". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jack Be Nimble". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Find the Lady". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Great Hunger". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Gussoq (18 March 1988). "Mel". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ "The Great Hunger". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Dance for your Daddy". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sheep's Milk on the Boil". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Chickadee". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency.
  14. ↑ "Fine Day For A Hunt". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "The Chirpaun". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency.
  17. ↑ "Tom MacIntyre". Irish Writers Online. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  18. ↑ "The Gallant John-Joe". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "What Happened Bridgie Cleary". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon WIlliams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Only an Apple". PlayographyIreland. Jonathon Williams Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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