Mary O'Donoghue teaches classes at foundation, intermediate and advanced level. She has published as a poet, fiction writer, and translator of Irish-language poetry. She is the author of Tulle (Salmon Poetry), and her second collection Among These Winters was published by Dedalus Press in May, 2007. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in many European and North American periodicals and anthologies, and she is currently completing a collection of short stories. Her translations of the work of Irish-language poet Louis de Paor feature in the first major bilingual edition of his work, Ag Greadadh Bas sa Reilig/Clapping in the Cemetery (Cló Iar-Chonnachta). Her writing awards include the Salmon Poetry Prize for a first collection, Hennessy/Sunday Tribune New Irish Writer, and a Tyrone Guthrie/Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship. Most recently she was awarded an artist's grant (fiction) from Massachusetts Cultural Council.