Louis de Paor, of Oughterard, Co Galway, is the first writer in Irish to receive a major Us literary prize, the £5,000 O'Shaughnessy award. The award for poetry was established in 1997 to honour Lawrence O'Shaughnessy, a trustee of the University of Thomas in St Paul, Minesota.
Write in Irish wins US award
Louis de Paor, of Oughterard, Co Galway, is the first writer in Irish to receive a major Us literary prize, the £5,000 O'Shaughnessy…
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