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Michael Magee awarded 2023 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Michael Magee has been awarded the 2023 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature at a ceremony in Trinity College Dublin for his novel Close to Home, set in the author's native West Belfast.
Books • 24 Oct 23

Seán Hewitt awarded 2022 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Books • 29 Oct 22

Poet Stephen Sexton wins Rooney Prize for Literature 2020

The poet Stephen Sexton has been awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2020, for his collection Oils & If All the World and Love Were Young.
Poetry • 26 Nov 20

Bi-lingual poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa wins Rooney Prize

This year’s winner of this year's Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, intended for emerging Irish writers is the bi-lingual poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa.
Culture • 07 Sep 16

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