Collection: Iggy McGovern

Iggy McGovern was born in Coleraine and resides in Dublin where he is Associate Professor of Physics at Trinity College. His poetry has been widely published in anthologies and journals in Ireland and abroad, as well as in the popular 'Poetry in Motion' series on trains in the Dublin suburban rail system (DART). Well-known for his witty, playful, but emotionally engaged poems, McGovern is the recipient of the McCrae Literary Award and the Hennessy Literary Award for poetry. Originally published in November 2005 in a special pocket-sized edition, and already reprinted, some four months later, in a new standard format, The King of Suburbia is his first collection.