Sarah Poyntz (1926 – 14 September 2020) was an Irish journalist and author.
[1] She is known for her contributions over 24 years to Country Diary describing The Burren, some of which were subsequently published in book form.
[2] Born in New Ross in 1926, she was educated at Loreto Abbey in County Wexford and University College Dublin (UCD).
She initially worked as a teacher in England, and was appointed Head of the English Department at the Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, but took early retirement due to ill health.
[2] In 1986 she moved to Ballyvaughan and in 1987 she began writing for Country Diary.