Ita Daly was born in 1945 in
Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, Ireland. She was the daughter of a civil servant. She was educated in the
St Louis High School, Rathmines,
Dublin and then went on to study English and Spanish at
University College Dublin. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Higher Diploma in Education. She worked as a teacher for eleven years at a secondary school in Dublin. Daly was married to writer
David Marcus and in 2016 published a memoir of their life together,'' I'll Drop You a Line: A Life With David Marcus''. She has one daughter. She left teaching when her daughter was born. She lives in Dublin. She is a member of
Aosdána. ==Awards==