Patrick Deeley was born in Mullagh, Loughrea, County Galway.
[1][2][3] His poems have been widely published and anthologised in Ireland and abroad over the past forty years, and translated to French, Italian, Spanish and other languages.
[1][3] He has received awards, including the inaugural Dermot Healy Poetry Prize and the 2019 Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Prize for Poetry.
[1] His works of fiction for younger readers include The Lost Orchard, winner of the Eilís Dillon Award in 2001.
[1][3] His bestselling memoir, The Hurley Maker's Son, was published by Doubleday Ireland/Transworld and shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year Award.