Mícheál Ó hAodha

Mícheál Ó hAodha (born 1969) is an Irish poet and nonfiction writer. He also works in the departments of history and comparative literature at the University of Limerick, where he is a part-time lecturer.
Works
Ó hAodha's poems have been collected in the books
*Dúchas Dóchasach (as Michael Hayes, illustrated by Jean Hakizimana, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2007)
*Slán le hÉireann (Coiscéim, 2012)
*Leabhar Dubh an tSneachta (2015)
*Leabhar na nAistear (Coiscéim, 2017)
*Leabhar na nAistear II (Coiscéim, 2019)
He is also the author of:
*Canting with Cauley: a Glossary of Travellers' Cant/Gammon (with William Cauley, A. & A. Farmar, 2006)
*Parley with me: a Compendium of Fairground Speech (A. & A. Farmar, 2006)
*Postcolonial Artist: Johnny Doran and Irish Traveller Tradition (with David Duohy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008)
*"Insubordinate Irish": Travellers in the Text (Manchester University Press, 2011)
He has a particular interest in minority groups including Irish Travellers and the Irish-speaking minority of the west of Ireland and has written many books in collaboration with Travellers, Roma, fairground/circus people and others. He has also written on the experiences of Irish emigrants, and the Irish experience in Britain.

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