Sarah Poyntz

Sarah Poyntz (1926 – 14 September 2020) was an Irish journalist and author. She is best known for her contributions over 24 years to Country Diary describing The Burren, some of which were subsequently published in book form.

Born in New Ross in 1926, she was educated at Loreto Abbey in County Wexford and University College Dublin (UCD). She initially worked as a teacher in England, and was appointed Head of the English Department at the Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, but took early retirement due to ill health. In 1986 she moved to Ballyvaughan and in 1987 she began writing for Country Diary. In 2006 she wrote a book on the villages of The Burren.

Poyntz retired from writing in December 2010, at the age of 84. She died from cancer on 14 September 2020, at the age of 93.