Dermot Healy (18 July 1947 – 29 June 2014) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer and actor. His best known fictional novels were "A Goat's Song" (1994), "Sudden Times" (1999) and "Long Time, No See" (2011). His best known work of poetry was "A Fool's Errand" (2010). He was a member of Aosdána. He was also an actor and appeared in the movies "I Could Read the Sky" (1999), "Mapmaker" (2001) and "The Guard" (2011). He was a member of Aosdána.