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Brendan Hamill (born 1945, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a poet and writer.
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Career
Hamill was born and grew up in West Belfast. He worked for several years in England before returning to Northern Ireland to study for a degree in English at the New University of Ulster. He subsequently worked for several years as a teacher in Kilcullen, County Kildare and in Belfast.
He has published two poetry chapbooks - the first Emigrant Brother and the second Alameda Park.
His poetry has been published in a wide range of newspapers and magazines including Phoenix, Belfast Telegraph, Irish Times and the Irish Press, included in anthologies and read on both the BBC and RTÉ.
His critical work has been published in various magazines including Fortnight
He spoke at the Launch of ‘The Literature of the Troubles Project’. He read at the Belfast literary festival celebrating poet Padraic Fiacc.