Susan Connolly was born in 1956 in Drogheda, County Louth where she still lives.
[1] Connolly worked with Anne-Marie Moroney on various collections including a literary and placenames map of the River Boyne.
She has had her poems set to music by the Irish composers Michael Holohan and James Wilson.
She was also the focus of a broadcast on ABC National Radio (Australia).
In 2015 Connolly was awarded a residency in the Heinrich Böll Cottage on Achill Island.