Michael Harding (born 1953) is an Irish writer.Harding was born and
raised in Cavan, Ireland. He went to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth,
initially graduating as a lay graduate. He then taught for two years
in St. Patrick's College in Cavan Town, then worked as a social worker
in a prison. He returned to Maynooth as a seminarian and was ordained
in 1980, after which he went to work in a parish in Fermanagh. He left
the priesthood in 1985,[1] then spent seventeen years practising
Buddhism.He is married to the sculptor Cathy Carmen (whom he first met
in 1984) and they have a daughter Sophia. He lives in County Leitrim,
very near Arigna.He is an active writer of novels and poetry. He is a
regular columnist with The Irish Times. He was Writer in Association
with The Abbey Theatre in 1993 and was Writer in Residence at Trinity
College, Dublin, in 1999. [2]
raised in Cavan, Ireland. He went to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth,
initially graduating as a lay graduate. He then taught for two years
in St. Patrick's College in Cavan Town, then worked as a social worker
in a prison. He returned to Maynooth as a seminarian and was ordained
in 1980, after which he went to work in a parish in Fermanagh. He left
the priesthood in 1985,[1] then spent seventeen years practising
Buddhism.He is married to the sculptor Cathy Carmen (whom he first met
in 1984) and they have a daughter Sophia. He lives in County Leitrim,
very near Arigna.He is an active writer of novels and poetry. He is a
regular columnist with The Irish Times. He was Writer in Association
with The Abbey Theatre in 1993 and was Writer in Residence at Trinity
College, Dublin, in 1999. [2]
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