Waterford, Ireland
Richard of Éire
Brief biographical note of a 21st century-based creative custodian; a serene practitioner of the ancient art of self-originating artistry.
Gaeilge name: Risteárd Mac Suibhne (Uí Éire)
English name: Richard Mc Sweeney (of Éire)
Date of birth: 17th July 1955
Place of birth: Fermoy, County Cork, Isle of Éire
Mystical minded Richard Mc Sweeney: a nuptial hermit, and father of two dwells on an extraordinary beautiful green desert isle in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, namely the lovely isle of Éire (Ireland); an isle of the isles.
Richard lived in the Far East for some thirteen years before moving to the Middle East where he spent three years in Jeddah, and a further three in Sharjah. While concurrently working as a fulltime lecturer in the Department of English Language & Literature in the University of Seoul, South Korea he gained a BA in Korean Language & Literature from Kyunggi University, and a MA in Classical Chinese Philosophy from Seoul National University, both of which he accomplished through the mediums of Korean and Classical Chinese.