Medbh mcguckian biography of michaels
Medbh McGuckian (born Maeve McCaughan on 12 August ) is one of the most prominent members of the second generation of poets who emerged from Northern.!
Medbh McGuckian
Poet from Northern Ireland (born 1950)
Medbh McGuckian (born as Maeve McCaughan on 12 August 1950) is a poet from Northern Ireland.
Medbh McGuckian was born in in Belfast where she continues to live.
Biography
She was born the third of six children as Maeve McCaughan to Hugh and Margaret McCaughan in North Belfast. Her father was a school headmaster and her mother an influential art and music enthusiast.[1] She was educated at Holy Family Primary School and Dominican College, Fortwilliam and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972 and a Master of Arts degree in 1974 at Queen's University Belfast.
Maeve McCaughan adopted the Irish spelling of her name, Medbh, when her university teacher, Seamus Heaney, wrote her name that way when signing books to her.[2] She married a teacher and poet, John McGuckian, in 1977.[1]
She has worked as a teacher in her native Belfast at St.
Patrick's College, Knock and an editor and was the first female Writer in Residence at Queen's University Belfast (1985–