Elgy Gillespie
Elgy F. Gillespie (born 1950) is an English-born Irish journalist and author.
Elgy Gillespie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 (age 69–70) London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | journalist, writer |
| Language | English |
| Residence | San Francisco |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Literary movement | Second-wave feminism |
| Years active | 1971–present |
Early life
Gillespie was born in London in 1950, to a Belfast father and an Anglo-German mother. She came to Dublin aged 17, reading English at Trinity College, Dublin.[1][2]
Career
Gillespie wrote for The Irish Times between 1971 and 1986, for columns including "Women First".[3][4][5]
Personal life
Gillespie left Ireland in 1986, and has lived in the U.S. since, mostly in San Francisco.[2]
In 2018, she received treatment for an oligodendroglioma.[6]
Bibliography
Irish topics
- The Flat-Dweller's Companion (1972)
- The Liberties of Dublin (1973; editor)[7][8]
- The Country Life Picture Book of Ireland (1982)
- Portraits of the Irish (1986, with Liam Blake)
- Changing The Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981 (2003; editor)
- Vintage Nell: The McCafferty Reader (2005; editor)
- Irish Theater Is Alive and Flourishing (2013)
Food writing
- You Say Potato! (2001)[9]
- The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants (2003)
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References
- Deane, Seamus; Bourke, Angela; Carpenter, Andrew; Williams, Jonathan (August 6, 2002). "The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing". NYU Press – via Google Books.
- "Women of the times". The Irish Times.
- Brown, Terence (March 12, 2015). "The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence". Bloomsbury Publishing – via Google Books.
- Gillespie, Elgy (August 6, 2003). "Changing the Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981". Lilliput Press – via Google Books.
- Mullally, Una. "A guide to Dublin's old 'junk' markets". The Irish Times.
- Gillespie, Elgy. "My big bad brain tumour – An Irishwoman's Diary on surviving a craniotomy". The Irish Times.
- https://www.obrien.ie/40years
- Kearns, Kevin C. (October 3, 2014). "The Legendary 'Lugs Branigan' – Ireland's Most Famed Garda: How One Man became Dublin's Tough Justice Legend". Gill & Macmillan Ltd – via Google Books.
- "On-message potatoes". The Irish Times.
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