Medbh McGuckian (Poet ) was born in Northern Ireland on a Saturday, August 12, 1950 🎈. Medbh McGuckian is 74 years old. She is a Leo ♌ and was born in the Year of the Tiger 🐅.
Notable for her Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize-winning poetry collection The Flower Master (1982), as well as for her Cheltenham Prize-winning work On Ballycastle Beach (1989), McGuckian is also recognized for her acclaimed collection The Book of the Angel (2004), as well as for her award-winning individual poem “She Is in the Past, She Has This Grace.”
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| FULL NAME: | Maeve McCaughan |
| BIRTH DATE: | August 12, 1950 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Northern Ireland |
| AGE: | 74 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | Northern Irish |
| ETHNICITY: | White |
| ZODIAC: | Leo |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Tiger |
About
Medbh McGuckian is a Poet. Medbh was born in the 1950s, in the middle of the Baby Boomers Generation generation. Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during the post World War II baby boom. This generation is known for Rock and Roll, Woodstock, Elvis, the Beatles, miniskirts, and Barbies. Baby boomers have experienced some of the most important historical events, including the JFK Assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
Born Maeve McCaughan, she is the daughter of Hugh and Margaret McCaughan, and she and her five siblings grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the late 1970s, she married fellow poet John McGuckian. Find out who is Medbh McGuckian dating right now.
She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Queens University, Belfast. In the early 1980s, she published her first poems in anthologies titled Portrait of Joanna and All The Single Ladies: Sixteen Poems.
DID YOU KNOW She translated into English Irish Gaelic writer Nuala Nu Dhomhnail’s poetry collection The Water Horse.
FACT Her nonfiction work Horsepower Pass By! (1999) examines the poetry of Seamus Heaney.
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Birthday
Currently, Medbh McGuckian is 74 years old. Her next birthday is away. Medbh will celebrate her 75th birthday on a Saturday, August 12th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on August 12, 1950. Below is the countdown to her upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Medbh McGuckian’s zodiac sign is Leo. People born between the dates of July 23rd and August 22nd belong to the fifth sign in the zodiac, Leo. Leos are known for being generous, self-confident, and determined. Libra is the most compatible sign for Leos.
Famous Leos celebrities are Madonna, Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant, Kylie Jenner, Coco Chanel, Lil Yachty, Mila Kunis, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Hemsworth, and Jennifer Lawrence. Leo ruling planet is Sun. Astrologically, Sun represents hope, life, and the force that drives you to seek the highest expression of yourself.
Medbh McGuckian was born in the Year of the Tiger. Tiger represents power and is considered the king of all beasts in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Tiger are outspoken, authoritative, have strong leadership qualities, and courageous. They can also sometimes be aggressive, arrogant, short-tempered, and anxious.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Medbh McGuckian is a 74 years old Poet, born in August, in the Year of the Tiger (1950), and is a Leo. Her life path number is 8. Medbh’s birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx, and her birth flower is Gladiolus. You may also check out all famous birthdays in August or specifically birthdays on August 12.
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