Terry Boyle is a retired lecturer in Irish and British literature. He has taught literature at the University of Ulster in Derry, Northern Ireland, and Loyola University at Chicago. In 2011 his play, Oh What a Bloody Good Friday!, reached the semifinals of the Eugene O'Neill competition. Following this success, he has had a number of plays performed in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Ohio. In 2021 his poem A New Economy was included in The Best of New British and Irish Poets 2019-2021 and some of his poems have been published in Irish American News (Chicago/Ohio), Ritualwell.org.
