Editing Maurice Scully (section)

==The Beau==
'''''The Beau''''' was an annual literary journal edited by Scully. It ran to three issues: 1981, 1982/83 and 1983/84. 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]]ists.

Contributors included [[Roy Fisher]], [[Knute Skinner]], [[William Oxley]], [[Randolph Healy]], [[Brian Coffey]], [[David Wright (poet)|David Wright]], [[Paul Durcan]], [[John Freeman (British poet)|John Freeman]], [[John Jordan (poet)|John Jordan]], [[Anthony Cronin]], [[Gavin Ewart]], [[Eoghan Ó Tuairisc]], [[George Barker (poet)|George Barker]], [[Dermot Bolger]] [[Billy Mills (poet)|Billy Mills]] and [[Jim Burns (poet)|Jim Burns]].

The featured painters were [[Michael Mulcahy (painter)|Michael Mulcahy]], Patrick Hall, [[Alice Hanratty]] and [[Patrick Pye]].