Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1947)

Dermot Healy

Irish writer (1947–2014)

Dermot Healy was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of Aosdána, Healy was also part of its governing body, the Toscaireacht. Born in Finea, County Westmeath, he lived in County Sligo, and was described variously as a "master", a "Celtic…