Brendan Kennelly was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in 1936. He was Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College Dublin from 1973 to 2005. A hugely popular public figure...view moreBrendan Kennelly was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in 1936. He was Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College Dublin from 1973 to 2005. A hugely popular public figure, he has published over 30 volumes of poetry, as well as plays, anthologies and these two novels.view less