Facts:   - profession: 1967    - residence: rome , italy    - other name: `` father paul ''    - order: dominican    - ordination: 1973      - present post: rome , italy    - birth date: 26 november 1947    - name: paul murray , o.p.    - nationality: irish    - birth place: newcastle , county down    - religion: roman catholic   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul murray -lrb- poet -rrb- .
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paul brendan murray , o.p. , s.t.m. -lrb- born 26 november 1947 -rrb- , is an irish dominican priest of the catholic church , poet , writer , and professor .murray was born at newcastle , county down , in the north of ireland .in 1966 he joined the irish dominican province , and was ordained a priest in 1973 .since 1994 he has lived in rome , italy , where he teaches the literature of the mystical tradition at the pontifical university of st. thomas aquinas , also known as the angelicum .