Born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary in 1950, Peadar spent the sixties as a teenager in Dublin when his interest in traditional music developed, leading to extensive tours in Europe from 1975 to 1990. For over 30 years he has made his home on the Dingle Peninsula. At the 2010 Dún Laoghaire Poetry Festival he recieved the Rupert & Eithne Strong Award for the best first collection of poetry by an Irish writer in the previous year, Tír Tairngire (Coiscéim, 2009). Dublin’s Imram Festival announced his work: ‘Utterly visionary, he is a poet unafraid to take a lyrical voyage to the lands of Avalon. Seldom has a début received such commendation.’ Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill wrote: ‘I realized that something new and unique was pouring out of Peadar Ó hUallaigh in poetic form.’ He was awarded a prize by the Strokestown Poetry Festival in 2009, and also by Writers’ Week, Listowel in 2011. His collections Tír Tairngire (2009) and Soilse an Chroí (2011) have been published by Coiscéim, and Tráth na Tairsí is expected in 2016.