Peter Fallon

Peter Fallon (born 1951) is an Irish poet, editor and publisher. As of 2023, he has edited and published 500 books of poetry and drama, and ten volumes of his own work have been released since 1971. He was elected a member of Aosdána, Ireland's arts academy, by his peers, and has been a professor at multiple universities, as well as a writer-in-residence and the presenter on multiple literary tours. Fallon is the subject of a 2014 festschrift, which included 17 poems in his honour, including one by Seamus Heaney.

Early life and family Born in West Germany to Irish parents in 1951, at the age of 6, and largely grew up on a farm at Lennoxbrook, near Kells, County Meath. He has one brother, and had one sister. At the age of 9 he was sent to St Gerard's School in Bray, for three years, which is where he first tried writing poetry. and took a pre-university course in Science, with thoughts of becoming a veterinary surgeon. John Lennon and David Bowie. Members of Tara Telephone went on to become co-founders of influential Celtic rock group, Horslips. Fallon himself was an active member of the Dublin Poets' Union.

Fallon has been the editor and publisher of Gallery Press from the beginning, first from suburban Dublin, and latterly of Loughcrew near Oldcastle, County Meath. The press, founded in 1970

Fallon co-founded the Deerfield Press and has also been the fiction editor at O'Brien Press, and co-edited an anthology of children's stories, "The Lucky Bag".

Meath Fallon started to stay in a cottage in the garden area of the Loughcrew estate in northern County Meath in 1975, and bought it and some acres of land in 1984, later living there with his wife and children.

Academic postings He was an adjunct professor at Trinity College Dublin, the Heimbold Professor at Villanova University, and the Burns Professor at Boston College. and "international writer-in-residence" for Indiana Schools in 1976. The volume includes 17 poems written in his honour, including work by Seamus Heaney. Loughcrew : The Cairns : A Guide To An Ancient Irish Landscape (Jean McMann, After Hours Books, 1994)

In addition, he has edited and published more than 500 volumes of poetry and plays.