Hugh McFadden

Hugh McFadden is an Irish poet, literary editor and freelance journalist.

He was born in Derry, lived briefly there and in County Donegal, before moving to Dublin. There he was educated at the Synge Street CBS and at UCD, where he studied English, History and Political Science for his BA degree.

He earned an MA degree in Modern History at UCD and was a Tutor in the History Department there in the 1960s and early 1970s. Later, he was a Tutor in Politics at UCD and a Lecturer in Journalism at the DIT.

For many years he was a journalist and subeditor at the "The Irish Press". At one point he was Assistant Chief Sub-Editor to the novelist John Banville's Chief Sub-Editor. He regularly reviewed books for the Press Group of papers, as well as "Hibernia" magazine, "The Irish Independent", "The Irish Times" and "The Sunday Tribune".

He was a History Researcher with The Irish Manuscripts Commission and an Editorial Assistant on "The Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell" (8 volumes). He is the executor of the literary estate of John Jordan, and has edited Jordan's "Collected Poems" (Dedalus Press, 1991), "Collected Stories" (Poolbeg Press, 1991), "Selected Prose: Crystal Clear" (Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2006) and "The Selected Poems of John Jordan" (Dedalus Press, February 2008).

Three collections of his own poems have been published, the most recent being "Elegies and Epiphanies: Selected Poems" (Lagan Press, Belfast, 2005. His previous collections are: "Cities of Mirrors" (Beaver Row Press, Dublin, 1984), and "Pieces of Time" (Lapwing Publications, Belfast, 2004). McFadden is currently working on a new book of poems ("Atomic Shadows").

Works

* "Cities of Mirrors", Beaver Row Press (Dublin, 1984)
* "Pieces of Time", Lapwing Publications (Belfast, 2004)
* "Elegies & Epiphanies", Lagan Press (Belfast, 2005)