Sarah Poyntz

Sarah Poyntz is an Irish journalist[1] and author. She is best known for her contributions over 24 years to Country Diary describing The Burren, some of which were subsequently published in book form.[2]

Sarah Poyntz
Born1926
New Ross, Ireland
EducationUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
OccupationWriter

Born in New Ross in 1926 she was educated at Loreto Abbey in County Wexford and University College Dublin (UCD). She initially worked as a teacher in England, and was appointed Head of the English Department at the Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, but took early retirement due to ill health.[2] In 1986 she moved to Ballyvaughan and in 1987 she began writing for Country Diary.[3] In 2006 she wrote a book on the villages of The Burren.[4][5]

She retired from writing in December 2010, at the age of 84.[3]

References
  1. "Country Diary: Sarah Poyntz". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. Poyntz, Sarah (2000). A Burren Journal. Tír Eolas. ISBN 1-873821-13-1.
  3. Deegan, Gordon (28 January 2011). "Columnist who gave her readers glimpse of the Burren calls it a day". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  4. Poyntz, Sarah (2006). Burren Villages. Mercier Press. ISBN 978-1-85635-674-9.
  5. "Tales of the Burren, and other places". The Irish Times. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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