birth_place birth_date article_title education name occupation
new ross , ireland 1926 sarah poyntz
 university college dublin -lrb- ucd -rrb- sarah poyntz writer
sarah poyntz

sarah poyntz is an irish journalist and author .
she is best known for her contributions over 24 years to `` country diary '' describing the burren , some of which were subsequently published in book form .
born in new ross in 1926 she was educated at loreto abbey in county wexford and university college dublin -lrb- ucd -rrb- .
she initially worked as a teacher in england , and was appointed head of the english department at the perse school for girls in cambridge , but took early retirement due to ill health .
in 1986 she moved to ballyvaughan and in 1987 she began writing for country diary .
in 2006 she wrote a book on the villages of the burren .
she retired from writing in 2010 at the age of 84 .
