Aidan Rooney (var. Aidan Rooney-Cespedes) was born in Monaghan in 1965.
His collections are (as Aidan Rooney-Cespedes) Day Release (Oldcastle, Co Meath, The Gallery Press, 2000); and (as Aidan Rooney), Tightrope (the Gallery Press, 2008).
In 1997 he received the Sunday Tribune/Hennessy Cognac New Irish Writing Award for Poetry.
Since 1988 he has taught French and English at Thayer Academy in Massachusetts, where he lives.
Aidan Rooney at The Gallery Press
Aidan Rooney at The National Library of Ireland