Kevin McDermott (3) (1956–)

[excerpted from Poetry Ireland website]
Born in Dublin in 1956, Kevin worked for many years as a teacher of English. As a teacher educator, he has visited many post-primary schools around the country and facilitated workshops for teachers and pre-service teachers of English.

Kevin has completed residencies in schools in Dublin, Kilkenny and Clare. From 2016-2018, he was writer-in-residence with the City of Dublin ETB. Kevin is an Arts Council Literature Bursary awardee, and a Fulbright-Creative Ireland Professional Fellowship Scholar.

Kevin has compiled and edited numerous anthologies and textbooks for post-primary English. For many years he was editor of the Teaching English magazine.