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Line 1: {{short description\|Irish poet}} {{use ~~Irish~~ Hiberno-English\|date=October 2019}} {{use dmy dates\|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person Line 13: \| native_name_lang = \| birth_name = \| birth_date = ~~1947~~1944 \| birth_place = ~~Sligo~~ \| death_date = \| death_place = Line 23: \| notable_works =}} '''Joan McBreen''' (born ~~1947~~1944), is an Irish poet. Her work has been translated into many languages and appears in a number of anthologies. ==Biography== Joan McBreen was born in ~~Sligo~~1944.<ref>{{Cite ~~in 1947~~web\|url=https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/mcbreen1088/\|title=Joan McBreen papers\|date=2 April 2008}}</ref> She qualified as a primary school teacher, and in 1997 was awarded an MA from [[University College, Dublin]]. McBreen is involved with a number of literary festivals in Ireland. She has assisted at [[W. B. Yeats\|Yeats International Summer School]] and has been part of [[Clifden]] Arts Week, the [[Cúirt International Festival of Literature]], which is held in [[Galway]], and [[Listowel]] Writers’ Week. Since 2007 McBreen has been a Literary Advisor and Co-ordinator of the [[Oliver St. John Gogarty]] Literary Festival. She has also traveled to give readings and lectures in Illinois, Massachusetts, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Iowa, Alabama, Minnesota and Missouri. McBreen lives in both Tuam and Renvyle, ~~Co.~~County Galway.<ref name="Ricorso">{{cite web \| title=Untitled Document \| website=Ricorso \| url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/Mc/McBreen_J/life.htm \| access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref name="Joan McBreen 2013">{{cite web \| title=The White Page / An Bhileog Bhán \| website=Joan McBreen \| date=2013-11-30 \| url=https://joanmcbreen.com/team.html \| access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref name="Catalogue">{{cite web \| title=Holdings: The white page : \| website=Catalogue \| url=http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000274592 \| access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=71&a=71\|title=Winter in the Eye: New & Selected Poems}}</ref><ref name="The Irish Times 2013">{{cite ~~web~~news \| title=Galway hospitals to take part in international literature festival \| ~~website~~newspaper=The Irish Times \| date=2013-03-21 \| url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/galway-hospitals-to-take-part-in-international-literature-festival-1.431359 \| access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref name="WorldCat.org 1999">{{cite ~~web~~book \| title=Joan McBreen papers, (Archival material, 1979) [WorldCat.org] \| ~~website~~via=WorldCat.org \| date=1999-02-22 \| oclc=213387762 \| url=https://www.worldcat.org~~/title/joan-mcbreen-papers~~/oclc/213387762 \| access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref name="Poetry Ireland">{{cite web \| title=The Taste of Strawberries by Joan McBreen \| website=Poetry Ireland \| url=https://www.poetryireland.ie/publications/poetry-ireland-review/online-archive/view/the-taste-of-strawberries \| access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref name="Wellesley College 2018">{{cite web \| title=Joan McBreen Poetry Reading and Reception \| website=Wellesley College \| date=2018-10-18 \| url=http://www.wellesley.edu/events/node/158671 \| access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> ==Bibliography== Line 54: {{DEFAULTSORT:McBreen, Joan}} [[Category:~~1947~~1944 births]] [[Category:People from Sligo (town)]] [[Category:Alumni of University College Dublin]]