bˈɔːɹn ɪn kˈɔːɹk ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti wˈʌn ænd ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪɾᵻd æt kˈɑːleɪst æn spɪˈoːɹeɪd nˈiːm, də peɪˈoːɹ ˈɛdɪɾᵻd ðɪ ˈaɪɹɪʃlˈæŋɡwɪdʒ dʒˈɜːnəl ˈɪnti, fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti baɪ mˈaɪkəl dˈævɪt, nuːˈɑːlə nˈaɪ dˈɑːmhneɪl, lˈiːəm ˌoʊɐkjˈuːt mjˈuːɚθˌaɪl ænd ɡˈæbɹiːəl ɹˈoʊzənstˌɑːk.
Born in Cork in 1961 and educated at Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, de Paor edited the Irish-language journal Innti, founded in 1970 by Michael Davitt, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Liam Ó Muirthile and Gabriel Rosenstock.