The Limerick poet Seán Lysaght has won the O'Shaughnessy Award 2007

The Limerick poet Seán Lysaght has won the O'Shaughnessy Award 2007 from the University of St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies. he previous winners of the O'Shaughnessy Award are Eavan Boland, John F Deane, Peter Sirr, Louis de Paor, Moya Cannon, Frank Orsmby, Thomas McCarthy, Michael Coady, Kerry Hardie and Dennis O’Driscoll.
"a deserted stretch of beach
with its marram hair-piece, a slatey sky
and a sharp bouquet of sea-holly." Scarecrow (Gallery Press, 1998)