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Cahal Dallat was born in the Antrim Glens in 1953 and has lived in London with his wife, poet Anne-Marie Fyfe, since 1974.

Cahal’s poetry has appeared in a range of literary magazines including TLS, Guardian, Honest Ulsterman, Poetry London and Poetry Ireland. He has appeared in anthologies including The Blackbird’s Nest (Blackstaff, 2006) and Divers: the Poetry Workshop Anthology (Aark Arts, 2008). His full length collection, The Year of Not Dancing, was published by Blackstaff Press in 2009.

Cahal has been a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s weekly arts magazine, Saturday Review, and writes on Irish fiction and drama for literary journals including the TLS and Guardian. He plays several instruments including bandoneon, musette-accordion, mando-fiddle, balalaika, piano, clarinet & soprano-sax.

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