Dr Rosemary Power is a writer, academic and was for some 40 years in various forms of ecumenical church work. She has been editor of The Other Clare since 2021.

Her academic work is mainly on Norse-Gaelic relations in the post-Viking period; Iona; and folk tradition.

Her 10 books for a wider readership include:

Image and Vision: reflecting with the Book of Kells (Dublin, veritas, 2021); Kilfenora, Kilinaboy and Scattery Island; a guide for pilgrims in County Clare (Killaloe, Keeper Press, 2015); The Story of Iona: An illustrated history and guide (Canterbury Press Norwich 2013); and her recent collection of poetry: Across the Narrow Straits: place and pilgrimage (Glasgow, Wild Goose, 2025).