User:Tommy Murray(Poet)

My name is Tommy Murray and to date I have had 14 books published. My latest collections, 'Counting Stained Glass Windows' and 'Swimming With Dolphins were published by Lapwing Press Belfast while most of my local history books were published by The History Press formerly 'Nonsuch' Dublin I have received over forty awards for literature since I began writing. I have been leader of The Meath Writers Circle since it was founded back in 1992. There are fifteen members in the circle and we meet on the first Thursday of every month in the local Trim Castle Hotel. a junior branch of the circle has currently 26 members who range in age from 10 to 15 and they meet in the Navan Library every Saturday morning for 10am to 12 Noon

Tommy Murray has have received a number of awards for his poetry including The Kavanagh Memorial in Dundalk the Gerard Manly Hopkins, The Nora Fahy The Tom O’Shea in Swords, and The Poet of Fingal in 2005 2006 and 2010 His work has been published in a number literary publications including Fortnight, Riverine, The Bray Arts Journal, The Kilkenny Literary Review, Ratpit, The Edgeworth Papers, The Drumlin, Revival, Crannog, Ropes Unravelled, Ingredients of Poetry, Riposte, the Stony Thursday Book and an anthology by the late Michael Hartnett? His work has also featured on the UTV documentary ‘Valley of the Kings’ and on RTEs Nationwide. His latest collections, ’Counting Stained Glass Windows’ and 'Swimming With Dolphins' have just been published by Lapwing

A poet of immense promise JB Keane

Maturing all the time Bryan Mac Mahon

One of Meath’s foremost poets Ken Davis, Meath Chronicle

Delights in his way with words, especially When he transcribes the landscape of Meath into poetry Elizabeth Hickey

His main power point lies in his versatility as a poet And his ability to talk on diverse subjects Louise Tallon The Weekender

He is particularly good at absorbing various kinds of atmosphere And of recreating these atmospheres into verse, he enjoys looking At the world and his readers will enjoy it too Brendan Kennelly

Tommy Murray has done more for Creative Writing in Meath than anyone I know. Tom O' Malley (Poet)