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An Cailleach Bhearra. Hag of Beara, is a wise woman figure embedded in the physical and mental landscape of western Ireland and Scotland.

An Cailleach Bhearra. The Cailleach's (pronounced Ca-lock or Cay-luck) roots lie in pre-Christian Ireland, and stories of her relationship with that rugged landscape and culture still abound. She had a love affair with a sea god and her petrified body overloo An Cailleach Bhearra.

Michael Longley, referring to Cailleach: The Hag of Beara, on why Leanne O'Sullivan was awarded the 2009 .

Michael Longley, referring to Cailleach: The Hag of Beara, on why Leanne O'Sullivan was awarded the 2009 Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary. O'Sullivan's voice sounds with striking confidence and originality - These are poems not just of what it is to be young - but of what it is to be alive; vividly, vibrantly, vulnerably so -Belinda McKeon, Irish Times. but that she dares to write about exactly what it is to be young.

An Cailleach Bhearra, or the Hag of Beara, is a wise woman figure embedded in the physical and mental landscape of western Ireland and Scotland, particularly in the Beara Peninsula in West Cork where Leanne O'Sullivan comes from. The Cailleach's roots lie in pre-Christian Ireland, and stories of her relationship with that rugged landscape and culture still abound. Central to these narratives is the story of her love affair with a sea god.

Leanne O'Sullivan is a poet from the Beara Peninsula in Cork, Ireland. She is the author of three collections of poetry. O'Sullivan's first collection of poetry, Waiting for my Clothes (2004), was published by Bloodaxe Books when she was 21-years-old. She later published Cailleach: The Hag of Beara (2009) and The Mining Road (2013)

An Cailleach Bhearra, or the Hag of Beara, is a wise woman figure embedded in the physical and mental landscape of western Ireland and Scotland, particularly in the Beara Peninsula in West Cork where Leanne O’Sullivan comes from.

An Cailleach Bhearra, or the Hag of Beara, is a wise woman figure embedded in the physical and mental landscape of western Ireland and Scotland, particularly in the Beara Peninsula in West Cork where Leanne O’Sullivan comes from. The Cailleach’s roots lie in pre-Christian Ireland, and stories of her relationship with that rugged landscape and culture still abound

Beara Community School. Class of 2012 · Castletown Berehaven, Cork, Ireland.

Leanne O'Sullivan is a poet from the Beara Peninsula in Cork, Ireland She has won a range of Ireland's most pretigious literary awards, including th. . She is the author of three collections of poetry, and the recipient of numerous prestigious honours. YouTube Encyclopedic She has won a range of Ireland's most pretigious literary awards, including the Rooney Prize for Irish Literaure in 2010, followed by the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Irish Poetry in 2011 As an emerging poet, Leanne won the RTÉ Rattlebag Poetry Slam and the Davoren Hanna Award for Young Emerging Irish Poet.

Leanne O’Sullivan has published three collections from Bloodaxe Books, The Mining Road (2013), Cailleach: The Hag of Beara (2009), and Waiting for My Clothes (2004). Poems by Leanne O'Sullivan. Three Poems for My Husband. More About this Poet. Region: Ireland & Northern Ireland.