Elgy F. Gillespie (born 1950) is an English-born Irish journalist and author.

Early life

Gillespie was born in

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in 1950, to a

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...

father and an Anglo-German mother. She came to

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

aged 17, reading English at Trinity College, Dublin.

Career

Gillespie wrote for ''

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'' between 1971 and 1986, for columns including "Women First".

Personal life

Gillespie left Ireland in 1986, and has lived in the U.S. since, mostly in

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. In 2018, she received treatment for an

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Bibliography

Irish topics

*''The Flat-Dweller's Companion'' (1972) *''The Liberties of Dublin'' (1973; editor) *''The Country Life Picture Book of Ireland'' (1982) *''Portraits of the Irish'' (1986, with Liam Blake) *''Changing The Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981'' (2003; editor) *''Vintage Nell: The McCafferty Reader'' (2005; editor) *''Irish Theater Is Alive and Flourishing'' (2013)

Food writing

*''You Say Potato!'' (2001) *''The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants'' (2003)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillespie, Elgy 1950 births Irish women journalists Irish feminists The Irish Times people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Living people Irish people of German descent