John Moriarty (1938-2007)

JOHN MORIARTY was born in north Kerry in 1938 and educated at Listowel and University College Dublin. He taught English Literature at the University of Manitoba in Canada for six years, returning to Ireland in 1971. In June 2006 he received an honorary D.Litt. from the National University of Ireland. He is the author of Dreamtime (1994, revised 1999), the trilogy Turtle Was Gone a Long Time: Crossing the Kedron (1996), Horsehead Nebula Neighing (1997) and Anaconda Canoe (1998), Nostos, an autobiography (2001) Invoking Ireland (2005, revised 2006), Night Journey to Buddh Gaia (2006) and Serious Sounds (2007).

On the 23 June 2006 John was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa by the National University of Ireland, Galway. Click here [93kb, .pdf] for the address by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and President of NUI Galway.

John had been working on establishing a Christian Monastic Hedge School for the last number of years which he called Slí na Fírinne. Click here for more information.

Click here to view a recent letter to John from President McAleese.