Born in West Germany to Irish parents in 1951,[1] while his father was serving with the British Army,[2] Peter Fallon was brought to Ireland in 1957,[3] at the age of 6, and largely grew up on a farm at Lennoxbrook, near Kells, County Meath.

[4] Fallon left school at 16,[4] moved to Dublin,[1] with a family home in Churchtown,[2] and took a pre-university course in Science, with thoughts of becoming a veterinary surgeon.

Publications included a literary journal or magazine, Capella, and a broadsheet, The Book of Invasions, both with Jim Fitzpatrick as the lead illustrator; Capella published both works by local poets and contributions from Allen Ginsberg, Adrian Henri,[6]: 7, 12  John Lennon[7] and David Bowie.

[10] Fallon has been the editor and publisher of Gallery Press from the beginning, first from suburban Dublin, and latterly of Loughcrew near Oldcastle, County Meath.

[4] For its 25th anniversary, an event was held at the Abbey Theatre, opened by President of Ireland Mary Robinson, with Christy Moore as a special guest and with readings introduced by Seamus Heaney, while its 40th anniversary was marked by multiple events and a one-hour TV show on RTE.

[14] Fallon started to stay in a cottage in the garden area of the Loughcrew estate in northern County Meath in 1975, and bought it and some acres of land in 1984, later living there with his wife and children.

[12] He was poet-in-residence at the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts twice, including for its bicentennial year, from 1996 to 1997,[3][11] and "international writer-in-residence" for Indiana Schools in 1976.