| Elgy Gillespie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 76–77) London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | journalist, writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Literary movement | Second-wave feminism |
| Years active | 1971–present |
Elgy Gillespie (born 1948) is an English-born Irish journalist and author.
Early life
Gillespie was born in London in 1948, to a Belfast father and an Anglo-German mother. She went to Dublin aged 17, reading English at Trinity College, Dublin.
Career
Gillespie wrote for The Irish Times between 1971 and 1986, for columns including "Women First".
Personal life
Gillespie left Ireland in 1986, and has lived in the U.S. since, mostly in San Francisco.
In 2018, she received treatment for an oligodendroglioma.
Bibliography
Irish topics
- The Flat-Dweller's Companion (1972)
- The Liberties of Dublin (1973; editor)
- The Country Life Picture Book of Ireland (1982)
- Portraits of the Irish (1986, with Liam Blake)
- Changing The Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981 (2003; editor)
- Vintage Nell: The McCafferty Reader (2005; editor)
- Irish Theater Is Alive and Flourishing (2013)
Food writing
- You Say Potato! (2001)
- The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants (2003)
References
- Deane, Seamus; Bourke, Angela; Carpenter, Andrew; Williams, Jonathan (6 August 2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814799079 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Women of the times". The Irish Times.
- Brown, Terence (12 March 2015). The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472919076 – via Google Books.
- Gillespie, Elgy (6 August 2003). Changing the Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981. Lilliput Press. ISBN 9781843510185 – via Google Books.
- Mullally, Una. "A guide to Dublin's old 'junk' markets". The Irish Times.
- Gillespie, Elgy. "My big bad brain tumour – An Irishwoman's Diary on surviving a craniotomy". The Irish Times.
- "The O'Brien Press | Forty Years, Forty Books". The O'Brien Press. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- Kearns, Kevin C. (3 October 2014). The Legendary 'Lugs Branigan' – Ireland's Most Famed Garda: How One Man became Dublin's Tough Justice Legend. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717159376 – via Google Books.
- "On-message potatoes". The Irish Times.