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Irish writer and philosopher
John Moriarty (2 February 1938 – 1 June 2007) was an
Irish
writer and
philosopher.
A native of
County Kerry, he was educated in
Listowel and at
University College Dublin. In 1974, he moved to England from Canada where he had taught English literature at the
University of Manitoba, and subsequently became a live-in gardener in the Carmelite monastery at
Boars Hill, Oxford.
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Moriarty subsequently lived at the foot of
Mangerton Mountain in
County Kerry until his death.[
citation needed]
A film "inspired by the works" of Moriarty, Dreamtime, Revisited, was directed by Dónal Ó Céilleachair and Julius Ziz and released in October 2012.
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Books
- Dreamtime (Dublin,
The Lilliput Press, 1994 - revised 1999)
- Turtle Was Gone a Long Time: Crossing the Kedron (
The Lilliput Press, 1996)
- Horsehead Nebula Neighing (
The Lilliput Press, 1997)
- Anaconda Canoe (
The Lilliput Press 1999)
- Nostos (autobiography) (
The Lilliput Press 2001)
- Invoking Ireland: Ailiu Iath n-hErend (
The Lilliput Press, 2005)
- Slí na Fírinne (Slí na Fírinne Publishing, 2006)
- Night Journey to Buddh Gaia (
The Lilliput Press, 2006)
- Serious Sounds (
The Lilliput Press, 2007)
- What the curlew said. Nostos continued (autobiography) (
The Lilliput Press, 2007)
- One Evening in Eden (
The Lilliput Press, 2007) - a CD box set containing a collection of stories narrated by Moriarty
Interviews
A series of interviews of Moriarty, by
Joe Duffy on the
RTÉ radio show Liveline, are available as an iTunes podcast.
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References
External links
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