Healy, Randolph

(1956- )

   Born in Irvine, Scotland, the family moved to Dublin soon afterward. After leaving school at 14, he had various dead-end jobs, which he admits to not disliking. He returned to Ballymun Community School then went on to Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied mathematical sciences. He runs the publishing house Wild Honey Press of County Wicklow, Ireland, and works as a teacher of mathematics and science. Some of his publications: 25 Poems, 1983. Rana Rana! 1997. Arbor Vitae, 1997. Flame, 1998. Scales, 1998. Selected Poems, 2000. Daylight Saving Sex, 2001. Green 532, 2002. Some of his poems: "Colonies of Belief," "Mutability Checkers," "Primula veris," "The Size of This Universe."

   Sources: Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry. Keith Tuma, ed. Oxford University Press, 2001. Biography of Randolph Healy: Sound Eye (http://indigo.ie/Healy, Randolphtjac/Poets/Randolph_Healy/ randolph_healy.htm). The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry. 11th ed. The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry, Columbia University Press, 2005 (http://www.columbiagrangers.org). Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia).