John F. Deane

John F. Deane (born 1943 on Achill Island) is an Irish poet and novelist.

Barbara was the daughter of music hall performer Cecil Sheridan, and they had two children.

[5] Deane got married again in 1984 to Ursula Foran of Drumkeelanmore, Drumshanbo Co Leitrim, and they have one daughter, Mary, born in 1985.

[citation needed] Deane published several collections of poetry and some fiction.

Shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, he won residencies in Bavaria, Monaco and Paris.