Rita Kelly (born 1953) is an Irish poet from

Ballinasloe Ballinasloe ( ; ) is a town in the easternmost part of County Galway, Ireland. Located at an ancient crossing point on the River Suck, evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of Bronze Age sites. Built around a 12th-centur ...

in eastern

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who now lives in an old lock house along the river Barrow between

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and

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. She has published several collections of poetry and has been featured in a number of magazines and journals. Her poems ''Mé sa ghluaisteán leat'' (''In the car with you'') and ''Is bronntanas na maidine thú'' (''You are the morning's gift'') were featured in ''Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge''. She was married to the writer

Eoghan Ó Tuairisc Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (''Eugene Rutherford Watters'') (3 April 1919 – 24 August 1982) was an Irish poet and writer. Life Eugene Rutherford Watters was born at Dunlo Hill, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to Thomas Watters, a soldier, and his wife, Ma ...

from 1972 until his death in 1982.

Bibliography

* ''Dialann sa Díseart'' 1981 * ''An Bealach Éadóigh'' 1984 * ''The Whispering Arch and Other Stories'' 1986 * ''Fare Well - Beir Beannacht'' 1990 * ''Travelling West'' 2000

References

* ''Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge/Love Poems in Irish'' (eag./ed.) Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, 2008. Living people People from Ballinasloe Writers from Galway (city) Irish poets 1953 births Irish women poets 20th-century Irish-language poets 21st-century Irish-language poets {{Ireland-writer-stub