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[[image:RonanSheehan.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ronan Sheehan]] at the [[West Port Book Festival]]]]'''Ronan Sheehan''' is an [[Ireland|Irish]] novelist, short story writer and essayist. <ref>[http://www.irishwriters-online.com/ronansheehan.html Irish Writers Online]</ref>. He founded the [[Irish Writers Co-operative]] in the 1970s<ref>[http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/s/Sheehan,R/life.htm Life of Ronan Sheehan]</ref> and received the [[Rooney Prize for Irish Literature]] in 1984.<ref>[http://www.lilliputpress.ie/listbook.html?oid=2732890 Lilliput Press]</ref>. Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law.<ref>[http://www.centrumlatinitatis.org/letteratura/ronan/Ronan_curriculum.pdf Centrum Latinitatis CV for Ronan Sheehan]</ref>. He is currently tasked with the translation of the works of [[Catallus]] into English.<ref>[http://www.centrumlatinitatis.org/letteratura/ronan/indice.htm Centrum Latinatis Catallus project]</ref>
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[[File:RonanSheehan.jpg|right|thumb|Ronan Sheehan at the [[West Port Book Festival]]]]


'''Ronan Sheehan''' (born 1953) is an Irish novelist, short story writer and essayist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishwriters-online.com/sheehan-ronan/ |title=Irish Writers Online - Sheehan, Ronan |publisher=Irish Writers Online |accessdate=2011-10-17 |archive-date=31 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531054633/http://www.irishwriters-online.com/sheehan-ronan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was an early member of the Irish Writers' Co-operative (founded in 1974 by [[Fred Johnston (writer)|Fred Johnston]], [[Neil Jordan]] and [[Peter Sheridan]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.twwc.ie/?p=959 |title=COMMEMORATE IRISH WRITERS’ CO-OP IN CAPTAIN AMERICA’S IN GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN |publisher=The Western Writers’ Centre |accessdate=2011-10-17 }}</ref> and its Secretary from 1975 to 1983.<ref name="centrumlatin">{{Cite web |url=http://www.centrumlatinitatis.it/letteratura/ronan/Ronan_curriculum.pdf |title=Ronan Sheehan, Curriculum Vitae |accessdate=2011-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425073950/http://www.centrumlatinitatis.it/letteratura/ronan/Ronan_curriculum.pdf |archivedate=2012-04-25 }}</ref> He received the [[Rooney Prize for Irish Literature]] in 1984.<ref name="lilliput">[http://www.lilliputpress.ie/listbook.html?id=58 Foley's Asia at Lilliput Press]. Retrieved: 2011-10-17.</ref> Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law.<ref name="centrumlatin" /> He was the General Editor of the Catullus Project to translate works by [[Catullus]] into English and Irish.<ref>[http://westportbookfestival.org/news/2009/07/30/the-irish-catullus/ The Irish Catullus] [[West Port Book Festival]]. Retrieved: 2011-10-17.</ref>
[[Neil Jordan]], the Irish film-maker, called his ''Foley's Asia'', "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, <nowiki>[offering]</nowiki> a unique insight into <nowiki>[the]</nowiki> Irish and Indian colonial experience".<ref>[http://www.lilliputpress.ie/listbook.html?oid=2732890 Lilliput Press Quotes]</ref>


Sheehan was educated at [[Gonzaga College]], and [[University College Dublin]], and the Incorporated Law Society. [[Neil Jordan]], the Irish filmmaker, called his ''Foley's Asia'', "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, <nowiki>[offering]</nowiki> a unique insight into <nowiki>[the]</nowiki> Irish and Indian colonial experience".<ref name="lilliput"/>
==Fiction==

* ''The Tennis Players'' (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1977);
==Works==
* ''Boy with an injured eye'' (Tralee, Brandon Books, 1983);
* ''Foley's Asia'' (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1999).
* ''Tennis Players'' (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1977), {{ISBN|0-905441-03-6}}.
* ''Boy with an injured eye'' (Tralee, Brandon Books, 1983), {{ISBN|0-86322-028-2}} (Hardcover), {{ISBN|0-86322-049-5}} (Paperback)
* ''Foley's Asia'' (Dublin, [[The Lilliput Press]], 1999), {{ISBN|1-901866-36-X}}.<ref name="lilliput"/>
* ''The Irish Catullus: One Gentleman from Verona'' (A.& A. Farmar, 15 April 2010), {{ISBN|978-1-906353-19-3}}.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/s/Sheehan_R/life.htm Sheehan's entry at ''Ricorso'']
{{Rooney Prize for Irish Literature}}

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Ronan Sheehan at the West Port Book Festival

Ronan Sheehan (born 1953) is an Irish novelist, short story writer and essayist.[1] He was an early member of the Irish Writers' Co-operative (founded in 1974 by Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and Peter Sheridan)[2] and its Secretary from 1975 to 1983.[3] He received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1984.[4] Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law.[3] He was the General Editor of the Catullus Project to translate works by Catullus into English and Irish.[5]

Sheehan was educated at Gonzaga College, and University College Dublin, and the Incorporated Law Society. Neil Jordan, the Irish filmmaker, called his Foley's Asia, "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, [offering] a unique insight into [the] Irish and Indian colonial experience".[4]

Works[edit]

  • Tennis Players (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1977), ISBN 0-905441-03-6.
  • Boy with an injured eye (Tralee, Brandon Books, 1983), ISBN 0-86322-028-2 (Hardcover), ISBN 0-86322-049-5 (Paperback)
  • Foley's Asia (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1999), ISBN 1-901866-36-X.[4]
  • The Irish Catullus: One Gentleman from Verona (A.& A. Farmar, 15 April 2010), ISBN 978-1-906353-19-3.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Irish Writers Online - Sheehan, Ronan". Irish Writers Online. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  2. ^ "COMMEMORATE IRISH WRITERS' CO-OP IN CAPTAIN AMERICA'S IN GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN". The Western Writers’ Centre. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Ronan Sheehan, Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Foley's Asia at Lilliput Press. Retrieved: 2011-10-17.
  5. ^ The Irish Catullus West Port Book Festival. Retrieved: 2011-10-17.

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