Montague, John (1929– )

Irish poet. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he spent his childhood on the family farm in County Tyrone, and studied in Dublin. His collections of verse include Tides (1970); The Rough Field (1972), about Northern Ireland; A Slow Dance (1975); Selected Poems (1982); and New Selected Poems (1990). His Catholic background, unusual for a poet of Northern Ireland, is reflected in his political verse and poems about his family. He has also edited several verse anthologies.

Montague worked in France and the USA before returning to Ireland to lecture at Cork University.