Angela Bourke is Professor of Irish-Language Studies and Head of Modern Irish emerita at University College Dublin. Professor Bourke received her doctoral degree from University College Dublin. She is the author of many articles and books, including The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story (London: Pimlico 1999) and Maeve Brennan of the New Yorker (London: Jonathan Cape 2004), Her most recent book is Voices Underfoot Memory, Forgetting, and Oral Verbal Art (Cork University Press, 2016). A member of the Royal Irish Academy, Professor Bourke is author as well of the collection of short stories By Salt Water (New Island New Fiction 1997).
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