Seán Ó Riordáin was born in Ballyvourney in 1917. He left his home place at 15 years of age and he lived in Inish Carra near Cork City for the remainder of his life.
Only four of his collections were published during his life time and a further one posthumously. In the twilight years of his life he wrote a series of essays for The Irish Times which were widely read.
70 Dán trí cnuasach filíochta a d’fhoilsigh Seán Ó Ríordáin le na bheatha*
*70 Poems and collections that Seán Ó Ríordáin published during his life.