Dave Lordan
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Dave Lordan is the author of the poetry collections The Boy in the Ring (2007), which won the Patrick Kavanaugh Award, the Shine/Strong Award, and was shortlisted for the Irish Times poetry award, and Invitation to a Sacrifice (2010). His play Jo Bangles was produced by the Eigse Riada company in 2010. In 2011 Lordan received the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary. He is an editor at The Bogman's Cannon and contributors to Arena, the arts program for RTE.