Arrigan was born Mary Nolan in Newbridge, County Kildare on 5 February 1943 to Brendan Nolan and Marian Maher. She had one brother who went on to become a doctor. She got her education initially in Holy Family Convent, Co Kildare before going on to the National College in Dublin and University College Dublin. She married Emmet Arrigan in 1968 and they had three children. Arrigan worked as a secondary school art teacher. She exhibited as an artist for eighteen years. Arrigan began writing short stories for magazines and radio which lead to her writing full-time by 1994. Arrigan writes in both English and Irish. Her books have been translated into 10 languages.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
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mary, arrigan, born, february, 1943, irish, illustrator, artist, novelist, focusing, children, books, born15, february, 1943newbridge, county, kildarenationalityirishgenrechildren, stories, contents, life, awards, bibliography, external, links, references, sou. Mary Arrigan born 15 February 1943 is an Irish illustrator artist and novelist focusing on children s books Mary ArriganBorn15 February 1943Newbridge County KildareNationalityIrishGenreChildren s stories Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 4 External links 5 References and sourcesLife EditArrigan was born Mary Nolan in Newbridge County Kildare on 5 February 1943 to Brendan Nolan and Marian Maher She had one brother who went on to become a doctor She got her education initially in Holy Family Convent Co Kildare before going on to the National College in Dublin and University College Dublin She married Emmet Arrigan in 1968 and they had three children Arrigan worked as a secondary school art teacher She exhibited as an artist for eighteen years Arrigan began writing short stories for magazines and radio which lead to her writing full time by 1994 Arrigan writes in both English and Irish Her books have been translated into 10 languages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Awards EditThe Sunday Times CWA Award 1991 The Hennessy Award 1993 International White Ravens Award 1997 Bisto Merit Award 2000Bibliography EditGrimstone s Ghost Ghost Bird Milo and One Dead Angry Druid Milo and The Raging Chieftains Milo and the Pirate Sisters Milo and the Long Lost Warriors Esty s Gold The Rabbit Girl Seascape with Barber s Harp The Dwellers Beneath Baldur s Bones Hard Luck Chocolate Moon Dead Monks and Shady Deals Landscape with Cracked Sheep Larkspur and the Grand March Saving the Dark Planet Maeve and the Long Arm Folly Maeve and the Goodnight Trail The Spirits of the Bog The Spirits of the Attic Pa Jinglebob The Fastest Knitter in the West Pa Jinglebob and the Grabble Gang Mario s Angels A Story about the Artist Giotto La le mamo Mamo cois tra Mamo ar an Fheirm Mamo ag an sorcas An Scath Baisti Mac Datho agus a chu Mamo ag an zuExternal links EditMary Arrigan Penguin BioReferences and sources Edit Mary Arrigan Poetry Ireland Retrieved 27 November 2019 Mary Arrigan The O Brien Press Retrieved 27 November 2019 Mary Arrigan Fantastic Fiction Retrieved 27 November 2019 Grandparents behaving badly The Irish Times 21 March 2013 Retrieved 27 November 2019 Arrigan Mary 1943 Encyclopedia com 15 February 1943 Retrieved 27 November 2019 Costello John 28 May 2014 I beat book rationing with Mafia style lending system Independent ie Retrieved 27 November 2019 Mary Arrigan Frances Lincoln 11 February 2009 Archived from the original on 11 February 2009 Retrieved 27 November 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Mary Arrigan from HarperCollins Publishers Australia harpercollins com au 1 July 2014 Archived from the original on 1 July 2014 Retrieved 27 November 2019 Ryan Raphael 7 August 2015 Mary Arrigan s Memories 1950s Home Retrieved 27 November 2019 Literature Ireland Literature Ireland Retrieved 27 November 2019 Summary Bibliography Mary Arrigan The Internet Speculative Fiction Database Retrieved 27 November 2019 White Ravens International Children s Digital Library Retrieved 27 November 2019 nbsp nbsp This article about an Irish writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Arrigan amp oldid 1136819556, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
