David Wheatley (born 1970 in Dublin) is an Irish poet and critic. He is the author of three volumes of poetry with Gallery Press: Thirst (1997; winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature), Misery Hill (2000) and Mocker (2006), as well as a co-authored chapbook, Three-Legged Dog (2002; with Caitriona O'Reilly). He has also edited the work of James Clarence Mangan, and features in the Bloodaxe anthology The New Irish Poets (Bloodaxe, 2005), and the Wake Forest Irish Poetry Series Vol. 1 (Wake Forest UP, 2005). WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish-American businessman, Dr Dan Rooney, president of the Pittsburgh Steelers. ... Caitriona OReilly (born in Dublin in 1973) is an Irish poet and critic. ... James Clarence Mangan (1803 - 1849), poet, born at Dublin, son of a small grocer, was brought up in poverty, and received most of his education from a priest who instructed him in several modern languages. ...

He lives in the North of England.

Books

Poetry

Thirst (Gallery Press, 1997), Misery Hill (Gallery Press, 2000), Three-Legged Dog (Wild Honey Press, 2002; with Caitriona O'Reilly), Mocker (Gallery Press, 2006)

Edited

James Clarence Mangan, Poems (Gallery Press, 2003)