Tom MacIntyre

For the Scottish footballer, see Tom McIntyre.

Tom MacIntyre
Born(1931-12-10)10 December 1931
Cavan, Ireland
Died31 October 2019(2019-10-31) (aged 87)
Occupation
  • Poet
  • playwright
  • writer
NationalityIrish

Tom MacIntyre (10 December 1931[1] – 31 October 2019)[2] was an Irish poet, playwright and writer. Born in Cavan, he grew up in Bailieborough with his four siblings, and briefly worked as a pharmaceutical chemist, before deciding to write.

MacIntyre played as a goalkeeper for the Cavan junior team which won the Ulster Championship in 1957, and reportedly, also played in the same position for the Cavan senior team.[3]

He was a member of the New Writers Press and became a member of Aosdána in 1981.

He taught at Clongowes Wood College and at American universities, among them the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Williams College, Massachusetts.[4]

  1. ^ "Tom MacIntyre obituary: Playwright who put nation in psychiatrist's chair". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ Doyle, Martin. "President leads tributes to late playwright and poet Tom MacIntyre, 87". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ Carney, Jim (5 April 2020). "Why have football and hurling remained a cultural wasteland for our writers and artists?". Sunday Independent.
  4. ^ Information from dustjacket of Tom Mac Intyre's "The Harper's Turn" (1982)