Valentin Iremonger (14 February 1918 – 22 May 1991) was an Irish

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. He was born on

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Sandymount Sandymount () is an affluent coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland. Etymology An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill.

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and joined the diplomatic service. He served as Irish Ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Finland, India, Luxembourg and Portugal. His poetry collections include ''One Recent Evening'' (1944, with Robert Greacen and Bruce Williamson), ''On the Barricades'' (1944, with Robert Greacen and Bruce Williamson) ''Reservations'' (1950), ''Horan's Field and Other Reservations'' (1972), and ''Sandymount'' (1988). In 1945 he won the Æ Memorial Prize for a manuscript collection of poems.''Irish Times'', "A.E. MEMORIAL PRIZE, 1945", 18 December 1945 He was poetry editor of the literary magazine ''Envoy'' from 1949 to 1951. He also produced translations from the Irish language, including ''Dialann Deoraí'' by Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, (''An Irish Navvy'', 1964); and ''Rotha Mór an tSaoil'' by Micí Mac Gabhann (''The Hard Road to Klondike'', 1973), and a translation of the German poet

Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recog ...

(''Beatha Mhuire /sraith dhánta Ghearmáinise le Rainer Maria Rilke'', 1990). A radio play, ''Wrap Up My Green Jacket'' was broadcast by the BBC. He edited, with Robert Greacen, ''Contemporary Irish Poetry'' (1949); and ''Irish Short Stories'' (1960).

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