Ronan Sheehan (born 1953) is an Irish novelist, short story writer and essayist. He was an early member of the Irish Writers' Co-operative (founded in 1974 by Fred Johnston,

Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, '' Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. He won an Academ ...

and

Peter Sheridan Peter Sheridan (born 1952) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director. He lives in Dublin. His awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 1980 he was writer-in-residence in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and his short film, Th ...

) and its Secretary from 1975 to 1983. He received the

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in 1984.Foley's Asia at Lilliput Press
Retrieved: 2011-10-17. Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law. He was the General Editor of the Catullus Project to translate works by

Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus (; 84 - 54 BCE), often referred to simply as Catullus (, ), was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, focusing on personal life rather than classical heroes. His ...

into English and Irish.The Irish Catullus

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. Retrieved: 2011-10-17. Sheehan was educated at

Gonzaga College Gonzaga College SJ is a voluntary Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1950, Gonzaga College is under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), one of five Jesuit secondary schools in Ir ...

, and

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, and the Incorporated Law Society.

, the Irish filmmaker, called his ''Foley's Asia'', "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, ffering/nowiki> a unique insight into he/nowiki> Irish and Indian colonial experience".

Works

* ''Tennis Players'' (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1977), . * ''Boy with an injured eye'' (Tralee, Brandon Books, 1983), (Hardcover), (Paperback) * ''Foley's Asia'' (Dublin,

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, 1999), . * ''The Irish Catullus: One Gentleman from Verona'' (A.& A. Farmar, 15 April 2010), .

References

External links

Sheehan's entry at ''Ricorso''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheehan, Ronan Irish novelists Living people 1953 births People educated at Gonzaga College Alumni of University College Dublin Irish male novelists