Colette Nic Aodha

Colette Nic Aodha
Born	1967 Shrule, County Mayo, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Education	B.A. M.A.
Known for	Poetry
Children	3

Colette Nic Aodha (born 1967) is an Irish poet and writer.

Biography

Colette Nic Aodha was born in Shrule, County Mayo.^[1] She attended University College Galway where she completed a BA in Irish and History in 1988. She later went on to get an MA in Irish and is completing a PhD. She also gained a teaching qualification and spent several years as a secondary school teacher in Dublin and Carlow as well as in her own school in Galway. Nic Aodha has also taught in the Department of Irish Studies in Galway where she now lives and writes in both English and Irish. Most of her work is Irish language poetry although she has at least one collection of poetry in English and several in both. She has also completed an academic review of the blind poet Antoine Ó Raifteiri. Her work is used on the syllabus for primary, secondary and third-level students.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Nic Aodha is on the board of directors for Poetry Ireland and works on IMRAM, the Irish Language Festival. Her work has been in multiple anthologies.^[9]

Bibliography

• Baill seirce, 1998
• Faoi chrann cnó capaill, 2000
• Gallúnach-ar-rópa, 2003
• Ádh mór, 2004
• Sundial, 2005
• Between curses = Bainne géar, 2007
• Ainteafan, Coiscéim, 2008
• Scéal ón oirthear, 2009
• Raiftearaí i gceartlár a dhaoine san aonú haois is fiche, 2009
• Áilíos, 2010
• In castlewood : an ghaoth aduaidh, 2012
• Oíche Nollag na mBan sa bhFásach, 2014
• Bainne Gear : Sour Milk, 2016
• Réabhlóideach, 2020, Coiscéim

References and sources

1. "Colette Nic Aodha". Ricorso. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
2. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov.
3. "Colette Nic Aodha". Portraits of Irish-Language Writers (in Irish). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
4. "Past Seminars: 2018-19 – Modernist Studies Ireland". Modernist Studies Ireland – The initiative to found an all-island association for Modernist Studies in the Republic and the North. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
5. "Junior Cert Irish Paper 2: No surprises in 'student friendly' exam". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
6. Mayo County Council (1 January 2008). "Mayo County Council -- Articles". Mayo County Council. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
7. Deane, S.; Bourke, A.; Carpenter, A.; Williams, J. (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. New York University Press. p. 1406. ISBN 978-0-8147-9907-9. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
8. "Réabhlóideach .... le Colette Nic Aodha". Coiscéim (in Irish). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
9. "Galway City Museum Lunchtime Reading with Colette Nic Aodha". Indymedia Ireland. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.