Louis de Paor was educated at University College Cork. He has published articles on a broad range of writing in Irish from the court poetry of medieval Ireland to the work of contemporary poets such as Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Michael Davitt. His books include a study of narrative technique in the short fiction of Máirtín Ó Cadhain and an anthology of twentieth century poetry in Irish co-edited with Seán Ó Tuama. He is currently working on a study of the writings of Flann O’Brien and is Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway.

An paróiste míorúilteach/The miraculous parish: Rogha dánta/Selected poems, Máire Mhac an tSaoi ed. O’Brien Press & Cló IarChonnacht: Conamara & Baile Átha Cliath, 2011

‘Adhlacadh mo mháthar’, Seán Ó Ríordáin, Irish University Review: Poems that matter 1950-2000, special edition, vol 39, no 2, Autumn/Winter 2009

‘Introducing Máirtín Ó Cadhain’, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, vol 34, no 1, Earrach 2008

‘Cumhacht an aistriúcháin’, Aistriú Éireann, eag Charlie Dillon & Ríóna Ní Fhríghil, Cló Ollscoil na Banríona 2008

‘Modern Poetry in Irish 1939-2000’, The Cambridge History of Irish Literature, ed. Philip O’Leary, Margaret Kelleher, Cambridge University Press 2006

Twentieth-century writing in Irish
Theory, politics and practise of translation in an Irish context
The writings of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Seán Ó Ríordain, and Flann O’Brien
The development of modern and contemporary critical discourse in Irish

Current Research Projects
A critical edition of the selected poems of Liam S Gógan
Irish-language organisations in Cork in the 1940s and 50s
A study of the diaries of Seán Ó Ríordáin 1940-1977
The significance of the Irish language and its literature in the writings of Brian Ó Nualláin