Rita Kelly

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Rita Kelly, born in 1953, is an Irish poet from Ballinasloe in County Galway. She now lives in an old lock house by the River Barrow, between Athy and Carlow. She has published several poetry collections and has appeared in magazines and journals. Her poems “Mé sa ghluaisteán leat” (In the car with you) and “Is bronntanas na maidine thú” (You are the morning's gift) were included in Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge. She was married to writer Eoghan Ó Tuairisc from 1972 until his death in 1982.