Colette Nic Aodha (born 1967) is an Irish poet, writer, visual artist, and academic. She writes in both Irish and English, though most of her work is Irish-language poetry.
Biography
Colette Nic Aodha was born in 1967 in Shrule, County Mayo, Ireland. She attended University College Galway (now University of Galway), where she completed a BA in Irish and History in 1988, followed by an MA in Irish. She later completed a PhD in the Discipline of English at the University of Galway. She also obtained a teaching qualification and worked as a secondary school teacher in Dublin, Carlow, and Galway. She has taught in the Department of Irish Studies in Galway and currently serves as Comhalta Teagasc / Teaching Fellow at the School of Irish, Celtic Studies, and Folklore at University College Dublin.
Career
Nic Aodha is an award-winning poet and visual artist who resides in Galway. She held her first solo exhibition, Imbolc, at Galway City Library in February 2023. She serves on the board of directors for Poetry Ireland and works with IMRAM, the Irish Language Festival. Her work is used on the syllabus for primary, secondary, and third-level students in Ireland and has appeared in multiple anthologies. She has also completed an academic review of the blind poet Antoine Ó Raiftearaí (Raifteiri).
Bibliography
- Baill seirce (Coiscéim, 1998)
- Faoi chrann cnó capaill (Coiscéim, 2000)
- Gallúnach-ar-rópa (Coiscéim, 2003)
- Ádh mór (2004)
- Sundial (Arlen House, 2005 / Syracuse University Press, 2006)
- Between Curses / Bainne Géar (Arlen House, 2007)
- Ainteafan (Coiscéim, 2008)
- Scéal ón oirthear (Coiscéim, 2009)
- Raiftearaí i gceartlár a dhaoine san aonú haois is fiche (2009)
- Áilíos (2010)
- In castlewood: an ghaoth aduaidh (2012)
- Oíche Nollag na mBan sa bhFásach (2014)
- Bainne Gear: Sour Milk (2016)
- Réabhlóideach (Coiscéim, 2020)
