# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-durcan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:16:47.400Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-durcan"
name: "Paul Durcan"
slug: "paul-durcan"
description: "Paul Francis Durcan was an Irish poet who was Ireland Professor of Poetry between 2004 and 2007."
tagline: "Irish poet (1944–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Durcan_2018.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-10-16"
deathDate: "2025-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.819836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2651114/"
    handle:    "nm2651114"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/529321"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بول دوركان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Durcan"
    title: "Paul Durcan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Durcan"
    title: "Paul Durcan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Durcan"
    title: "Paul Durcan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Пол Деркан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%9D%E7%BE%85%C2%B7%E5%BE%B7%E7%88%BE%E5%9D%8E"
    title: "保羅·德爾坎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1ac0f89b-39e9-40ea-b6fe-fc35ee597df6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump