Ruairí de Barra
Irish writer and retired Senior Chief Petty Officer of the Irish Naval Service, writing the sea, service, and the people caught between them, in poetry, journalism, and fiction.
Now writing
Migrant: A Libyan Storm
The Storm Series, Book I. A military and geopolitical thriller. In Malta, John Carroll keeps his past buried. Then the call comes, and answering means facing it. Out on the Mediterranean, an ageing Irish patrol ship answers a distress call. The manuscript is finished: 68 chapters, around 96,000 words.
Poetry
- Tibnin Bridge: South Lebanon, 1999.
- The Middle Sea: the title poem of the Mediterranean collection.
- Guard: for those who will never age.
Journalism
- Rebuilding Somalia: The Sea is Their Future: European Military Press Association Awards nominee, 2017.
- Shipshape and Ready for Action: European Military Press Association Awards nominee, 2018.
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