Padraic Fiacc

Padraic Fiacc (born Patrick Joseph O'Connor; 15 April 1924 – 21 January 2019) was an Irish poet. He was a member of Aosdána.

Early life and education Born Patrick Joseph O'Connor

Books Woe to the Boy (1957) By the Black Stream (Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1969) Odour of Blood (Kildare: Goldsmith Press, 1973) Nights in the Bad Place (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1977) The Selected Padraic Fiacc ( Blackstaff Press, 1979) Missa Terriblis (Blackstaff Press, 1986) Ruined Pages: Selected Poems (edited by Gerald Dawe and Aodán Mac Póilin) (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1994) Semper Vacare (Belfast: Lagan Press, 1999) Red Earth (Lagan Press) The Wearing of the Black (as editor) (Blackstaff Press, 1974) Sea: Sixty Years of Poetry (edited and illustrated by Michael McKernon) (MH Press, 2006) In My Own Hand (edited and illustrated by Michael McKernon) (MH Press, 2012) A Review and Critical Analysis of SEA, Sixty Years of Poetry by Pádraic Fiacc (by Margaret C. Wright) (MH Press, 2020) tear the dead day back alive: Unpublished Poems of Pádraic Fiacc (edited by Michael McKernon and Fiona Gault) (MH Press, 2024) Turas Filiochta: Bilingual Poems of Padraic Fiacc (compiled and edited by Michael McKernon) (MH Press, 2024)

Film and theatre Der Bomben Poet (film by Georg Stephan Troller, 1980) A Tribute To Poet Pádraic Fiacc (short film by Michael McKernon, 2006) STORMBIRD: Pádraic Fiacc in His Own Words, Poems and Images (cinematic theatre production by Michael McKernon, 2015) PADRAIC FIACC (short film by Michael McKernon, 2024)

Honours AE Memorial Award (1957) Poetry Ireland Award (1981) Aosdána membership (1981) Blue plaque by the Ulster History Circle at Falls Road Library (2025) Reviews