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Darach Ó Scolaí
Darach Ó Scolaí is an Irish novelist, playwright, publisher, and artist living in the County Galway Gaeltacht of Connemara. He was awarded the Oireachtas Prize for Literature in 2007 for his novel,'' An Cléireach''. Writing His 2007 novel'' An Cléireach'' (The Clerk) (, pbk ), won the 2007 Oireachtas Prize for Literature, and was published by Leabhar Breac (publisher), Leabhar Breac, Inverin. As well as another novel and a number of modern retellings of old Irish tales, he has written and illustrated a number of children's books. Stage and screen plays Two of the author's plays have been produced for the stage, ''Coinneáil Orainn'' and ''An Braon Aníos'', and two short screenplays have been filmed, ''Cosa Nite'' and ''An Leabhar''. ''Coinneáil Orainn'' won the Walter Macken Prize in 2005 and a BBC Stewart Parker Award in 2006. Both ''Coinneáil Orainn'' and ''An Braon Aníos'' have been published, as well as a prose edition of Cosa Nite. Along with Ciarán Ó Cofaigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darach Ó Scolaí
Darach Ó Scolaí is an Irish novelist, playwright, publisher, and artist living in the County Galway Gaeltacht of Connemara. He was awarded the Oireachtas Prize for Literature in 2007 for his novel,'' An Cléireach''. Writing His 2007 novel'' An Cléireach'' (The Clerk) (, pbk ), won the 2007 Oireachtas Prize for Literature, and was published by Leabhar Breac (publisher), Leabhar Breac, Inverin. As well as another novel and a number of modern retellings of old Irish tales, he has written and illustrated a number of children's books. Stage and screen plays Two of the author's plays have been produced for the stage, ''Coinneáil Orainn'' and ''An Braon Aníos'', and two short screenplays have been filmed, ''Cosa Nite'' and ''An Leabhar''. ''Coinneáil Orainn'' won the Walter Macken Prize in 2005 and a BBC Stewart Parker Award in 2006. Both ''Coinneáil Orainn'' and ''An Braon Aníos'' have been published, as well as a prose edition of Cosa Nite. Along with Ciarán Ó Cofaigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Mac Mathúna
Seán Mac Mathúna is an Irish writer whose work has been published in both Irish and English. Biography He was born in Tralee, County Kerry and attended University College Cork. He began his literary career as a writer of short stories, a number of which were published in Irish in '' Comhar'' and in English in the ''Irish Times'' and the ''Irish Press''. In 1983 his first collection, entitled ''Ding'' (Wedge), was published by An Comhlacht Oideachais. His second Irish-language collection, ''Banana'', was published by Cois Life in 1999, and won Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin /Irish Book of the Year Award. In 2005 his selected short stories were published by Cois Life under the title ''Úlla'' (Apples). Mac Mathúna has written four novels. One of them, entitled ''Gealach'' (Moon), was published by Leabhar Breac in 2012 and won an Oireachtas prize. Mac Mathúna is also a playwright. In 1992 the Abbey Theatre produced ''The Winter Thief/Gadaí Géar na Geamhoíche'' in English an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Irish People
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Living People
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People From County Galway
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Irish-language Writers
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded Irish h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Novelists
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Ciarán Ó Cofaigh
Ciarán Ó Cofaigh is an Irish film director and producer. Biography A native of Ráth Cairn, County Meath, but now resident in Indreabhán, County Galway, Ó Cofaigh has worked in the Irish film and broadcast industry for almost thirty years, and is co-founder and managing director of ''ROSG''. He began by enrolling on a producer/director course established by Údarás na Gaeltachta and RTÉ. Following this he worked freelance on productions for RTÉ and BBC NI. Ciarán is an experienced producer/director/animator, both in film and television. Amongst his award-winning productions are the feature film ''Cré na Cille (Graveyard Clay)''; the supernatural thriller series, ''Na Cloigne (The Heads)'', the animate series ''Scéal na Gaeilge (The Story of the Irish Language/Gaelic)'',the thriller series ''An Bronntanas (The Gift)'' and the docu-drama feature ''Murdair Mhám Trasna (The Mám Trasna Murders)''. Ciarán is currently in production on the feature docu-drama, ''Aven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Taibhdhearc
An Taibhdhearc is the national Irish language theatre of Ireland. It was founded in 1928. The word ''taibhdhearc'' appears as a gloss for the Latin ''teatrum'' (theatre) in an old Irish document, derived from roots meaning "dream" and "glance." The modern Irish for a theatre is ''amharclann''. An Taibhdhearc is situated at 19 Middle Street, within the medieval city of Galway. It is built on the ruins of the city's original Augustinian friary. The rear wall incorporates a wall from this friary, including some carved stone window frames. The theatre is used for drama and music productions, and occasionally screens international films. The busiest period for the arts in Galway city each year is the two weeks of the annual Galway International Arts Festival. Hiatus After suffering extensive smoke damage during a fire in 2007, An Taibhdhearc closed its doors for an extended period of renovation and refurbishment. While the theatre was closed, An Taibhdhearc continued to produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inis Oirr
Inisheer ( ga, Inis Oírr , or ) is the smallest and most easterly of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland. With 281 residents as of the 2016 census, it is second-most populous of the Arans. Caomhán of Inis Oírr is the island's patron saint. There are five small settlements: Baile Thiar, Chapeltown (Baile an tSéipéil), Castle Village (Baile an Chaisleáin), Baile an Fhormna and Baile an Lorgain. Name The island was originally called ''Árainn Airthir'', and later ''Inis Oirthir'', which are thought to mean "eastern Aran" and "eastern island" respectively. (see scanned records) The second element is also found in the names Inishsirrer and Orior. According to Séamas Ó Murchú, the current official name, , was brought into use by the Ordnance Survey Ireland. He says it may be a compromise between and the traditional local name . Geology and geography The island is geologically an extension of The Burren. The terrain of the island is composed of limestone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Mac Cóil
Liam Mac Cóil is an Irish language novelist, a critic, and an essayist. Career Born in Dublin in 1952, Liam Mac Cóil lives in the Gaeltacht of Ráth Cairn, County Meath. Before becoming a full-time writer he worked for a time at An Coiste Téarmaíochta''.'' He is presently co-editor of the literary annual ''Bliainiris'' and director of the publishing house Carbad. He has written six novels as well as a writer's journal, '' Nótaí ón Lár'' (''Notes from the Centre''). Early in his career, he published two translations from the Welsh, ''Tiocfaidh Lá'' (original title: ''Daw Dydd,'' a selection of writings by Welsh-language activist Ffred Ffransis) and ''Saibhreas Chnoic Chaspair'' (''Trysor Bryniau Caspar'', a young-adult novel by John Selwyn Lloyd). In 2010 he published a work of personal reflections on the composer Charles Villiers Stanford titled ''An Chláirseach agus an Choróin''. His work has also appeared in the publications Comhar, Feasta and Aimsir Óg. Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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