Born in Donegal in 1956, Cathal O'Searcaigh lives at the foot of Mount Errigal. He has written many volumes of poetry, won the Irish Times' Irish language literature prize in 2001, and his work has been translated into English by Seamus Heaney as well as into other languages including French, Italian, Russian, Danish and Japanese. He is a member of Irish arts fellowship, Aosdana.