Kieran Furey - Poet and Writer.

Kieran Furey's books are nothing if not interesting. His latest offering is pictured below left. We let it speak for itself!

The book, at only ten Euro per copy (and perhaps you could include a bob or two for postage), is available from Kieran himself: Email Kieran Furey for details. (Please say we sent you!).

"From the coasts of Slovakia

and the beaches of Longford & Roscommon

to the Dutch mountains

and the beeches of the central Sahara

he has sought, remorselessly,

The Truth  ...." *

Has he found it? Buy the book and see!            

(* "Linnane's Quest" from "Linnane in London" by K. Furey (© 2009). Used with permission.)

Kieran Furey was born in Curraghroe, Co Roscommon and attended the local National School there. He continued his education at Summerhill College, Sligo, at NUI Galway and at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Ecuador. He lived in Dublin for 15 years. During the 1980's and early 1990's he self-published over 20 books and booklets of short stories, satire, poetry and travel material, eventually selling over 25,000 copies of his work. He spent 6 years in Latin America, teaching English in Ecuador & Nicaragua, doing voluntary work in Cuba and travelling widely in Brazil. He has also visited Africa, India, Greece, the UK and the US. He won the Féile Filíochta "Poem of Europe" competition in 2006 and has won numerous competitions for poetry and prose, over the years. He regularly writes for magazines, newspapers and for the web. He lives in Longford with his family and is a member of the Lanesboro Writers Group.

His book "The History House" is a collection of poetry centred on Strokestown House, Co. Roscommon, and the Great Famine of 1847.

Kieran & Declan Coyne at Roscommon Singers Festival 2008.

"The History House" by Kieran Furey. 64 pages, soft cover. Printed by Turner Print. Available from Kieran at the following Email: Kieran Furey (click on link to send email).

"I stand alone, a great grey swan

And proudly stretch my slow-healing wings.

I incubate the egg of past

Where once nested the master class".

The first verse of "The History House" from the book of the same name. © Copyright Kieran Furey (2008). Used with permission.

A short-list of books by Kieran Furey; (Those followed by a red * we have in our collection. We welcome additions!).

Poetry:

Murdering the Muse (1983). *

Overland Odyssey (1989). *

Paranoid Poems (1990). *

Life Lines (1992). *

Rainbow Rhymes.

Vile Verse.

The History House (2008). *

Short stories:

Wild Words (1985). *

Ten Tales (1985). (* In paperback and 200 copies in hardback).

Sixteen Stories (1986). *

Yahoo Yarns (1988).

Jaundiced Jottings (1993). *

Quirky and Quare (1993). *

A Book of Brazil.

Fear of the Future. *

Satire:

Horrid Humans (1988). *

Almost Animals (1990). *

Mixed Poetry, Humour & Short Stories:

Chalk & Cheese.

Dogs Dinner.

Linnane in London (2009). *

Documentary & Travel:

Exiles. *

Going Against Gravity.

In India. *

Nobody's Neighbour. (* Published by Veritas, Dublin, 1979)

 

We would like to have more of Kieran's material in our collection. If you have same please contact us.