Roísín Tierney

Róisín Tierney was born in Dublin in 1963 and studied psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin.  She moved to London in 1985 where she worked in many areas, from theatrical make-up artist to museum administrator.  She attended Michael Donaghy’s poetry workshop at City University from 1998 to 2002. 

Her work is published in three pamphlets; UNFOLD, Gobby Deegan’s Riposte, and Ask For It By Name and has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies including The Sunday Tribune (New Irish Writers), Magma, Arabesque Review ,The Wolf and Poetry Ireland Review. She was one of the readers in the 2008 Poetry Ireland Introduction series and is also a reader on the second Oxfam Life Lines CD.

After several years teaching English in Spain (Valladolid and Granada) and in Ireland (Dublin) she has now re-settled in London, where she is experiencing the joys of Stoke Newington.  She teaches a poetry writing class at the London Irish Centre in Camden, and also hosts occasional poetry events there.  www.roisintierney.blogspot.com