07-07-2025
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- Belfast Telegraph
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When Thomas McCarthy attended University College Cork in the 1970s, he was among a group of young poets who were part of a literary revival at the university under the tutelage of John Montague. McCarthy's collections include Mr Dineen's Careful Parade, The Sorrow Garden and Merchant Prince. He lives in Cork city, where he has worked as a librarian for 30 years. The poet will read from his new collection, Plenitude, at 5pm on July 18 at Bantry Library, as part of the West Cork Literary Festival.
