Attracta Fahy Author

Attracta Fahy grew up on a farm in the west of Ireland, in the parish of Killererin, Co. Galway. Having a close affinity with her surroundings, she is inspired by how contemplation of nature reflects and resonates in humanity. The focus of her poetry is to explore, understand, and reveal these connections, often through the use of myth, so we can navigate our emotions, feelings, and intuition. Attracta Fahy's earliest background was in Nursing and Social Care and she currently works as a Psychotherapist, living in Co. Galway. Attracta is a mother of three children. She completed her MA in Writing at NUIG in 2017. She was the October winner in Irish Times; New Irish Writing 2019, was nominated for Pushcart 2018, Best of the Web 2019, shortlisted for 2018 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year, and longlisted in 2019, shortlisted for Allingham Poetry Prize 2019. Her poems have been published in Banshee, Poetry Ireland Review, Live Encounters, A New Ulster, Boyne Berries, Bangor Literary Journal, Poethead, The Curlew, Orbis, Impspired, North West Words, Honest Ulsterman, The Lake, The Blue Nib, Cormorant, Crossways, Three Drops from a Cauldron, Fly on the Wall, Cold Coffee Stand, and in many other journals and magazines. She has been included in The Blue Nib, and Avalanche Anthologies, shortlisted for the 2018 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year,and longlisted for 2019.