The Beau 842194 198831592 2008-03-17T11:12:59Z Sandpiper 294080 correct link {{unreferenced|date=January 2008}} '''''The Beau''''' was an annual literary journal edited by [[Maurice Scully]]. It ran to three issues: [[1981]], [[1982]]/[[1983|83]] and [[1983]]/[[1984|84]]. Although the journal was short-lived, its contributor list, featuring writers from [[Irish poetry|Ireland]], [[British poetry|Britain]] and [[Poetry of the United States|the United States]], was impressive and it played an important role in the emergence of a number of experimental Irish poets. It also carried reproductions by a number of [[Irish art|Irish artists]]. Contributors included [[Roy Fisher]], [[Knute Skinner]]. [[William Oxley]], [[Randolph Healy]], [[Brian Coffey]], [[David Wright (poet)|David Wright]], [[Paul Durcan]], [[John Freeman]], [[John Jordan (poet)|John Jordan]], [[Anthony Cronin]], [[Gavin Ewart]], [[Eoghan Ó Tuairisc]], [[George Barker (poet)|George Barker]], [[Dermot Bolger]] and [[Jim Burns (poet)|Jim Burns]]. The featured painters were [[Michael Mulcahy (painter)|Michael Mulcahy]], [[Patrick Hall]], [[Alice Hanratty]] and [[Patrick Pye]]. [[Category:Literary magazines of Ireland|Beau, The]] [[Category:Defunct literary magazines of Europe|Beau, The]]