#299 The Poet Firefighter with Gerard Devine

Gerard Devine is an award-winning Irish poet who lives a life less ordinary.
The former carpenter is a full-time firefighter in Dublin City.

Prior to joining the fire brigade, Gerard spent many years working on the building sites of Dublin, Boston and San Francisco. He still plies his building skills by volunteering to work in third-world countries such as Africa. An animal and nature lover Gerard recently moved up into the inspiring Wicklow mountains where he lives in harmony with nature with wife Stephanie and their rescue dog Saoirse.

While his favourite poet is the wonderful WB Yeats much of Gerard’s poetry is inspired by Irish ballads and singers like Shane McGowan and Christy Moore.

Gerard’s poetry is now being studied there which is a great honour to the Dublin native.

You can find Gerard at his:
Website
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