Ronan Sheehan

Ronan Sheehan (born 1953) is an Irish novelist, short story writer and essayist.

[1] He was an early member of the Irish Writers' Co-operative (founded in 1974 by Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and Peter Sheridan)[2] and its Secretary from 1975 to 1983.

[3] He received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1984.

[4] Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law.

Neil Jordan, the Irish filmmaker, called his Foley's Asia, "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, [offering] a unique insight into [the] Irish and Indian colonial experience".