Dairena Ní Chinnéide is an Irish poet and former broadcast journalist, interpreter, television producer and mother. She has published 12 books of mainly bilingual poetry in her native Irish language and one in English whose title is 'deleted' published by Salmon Poetry. One of her well known poems is ''Jeaic ar Scoil''. She has received numerous awards for her writing, including The Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship, The Arts Council of Ireland and Éalaíon na Gaeltachta Literature Awards and was nominated Poet Laureate for Listowel during the Poetry Ireland initiative, Poetrytown 2021.

Biography

Ní Chinnéide hails from the

Dingle Peninsula The Dingle Peninsula ( ga, Corca Dhuibhne; anglicised as Corkaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry. It ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point o ...

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. She graduated from

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its f ...

in 1989 with an honours degree in Communications studies. After working at

Radio Kerry Radio Kerry is a full-service, licensed radio station that operates from the franchise area of County Kerry in Southwest Ireland. Radio Kerry was established in 1989 and began broadcasting on 14 July 1990. The station headquarters are in Tral ...

, she joined

Century Radio Century Radio, also known as ''Century 100'' and later ''Century FM'', was a short-lived national commercial radio station in the Republic of Ireland, broadcasting from 4 September 1989 to 19 November 1991. History Launch Launched at 8am on M ...

. She was the final voice heard on Century Radio before it closed in November 1991. She moved back to Kerry to work at

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (; "Radio of the Gaeltacht"), abbreviated RnaG, is an Irish language radio station owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Intern ...

. Ní Chinnéide's first book of poetry was published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 2005. deleted by Salmon Poetry (2019) was her first collection in English. Ní Chinnidéide was appointed writer-in-residence at Dublin City University for the 2017-2018 year. Her first English language book of poetry was published in 2019. Official website is at dairenanichinneide.com

Selected works

* ''An Trodaí & Dánta Eile/The Warrior & Other Poems'', 2006 * ''Máthair an Fhiaigh/The Raven's Mother'', 2008 * ''An tEachtrannach/Das Fremde/The Stranger'', 2008 * ''Pol na mBabies'', 2008 * ''Bleachtaire na Seirce'', 2011 * ''Cloithear Aistear Anama'',

Coiscéim Coiscéim (; "Footstep") is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, historian and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. With over 1,500 titles Coiscéim have published the largest number of titles amongst the 2 ...

, 2013 * ''Labhraíonn Fungie/Fungie Speaks'', 2015 * ''Fé Gheasa/Spellbound'', 2016 * ''Tairseach'', Éabhlóid, 2021 * ''Cinnlínte'', Breaking Verse, 2022 Full list of published works:

References

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