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Máire Ní Shíthe (186813 July 1955) was an Irish language writer and translator from
Máire (Minnie) Ní Shíthe was born to Timothy Sheehy and Ann Deasy in Ballymacown, Killnagross, near Clonakilty, County Cork about 1868. She was educated in Darrara National School and the Convent of Mercy, Clonakilty until about 1887. Ní Shíthe wrote for An Claidheamh Soluis where she was published using the pseudonym ''Dul Amu'', first used on 2 December 1899 in ''Fáinne an Lae''. She also was published in ''Irisleabhar na Gaeile''. She had a talent for languages and translated dramas from French and German. She was a student of Donnchadh Pléimeann. She won the Oireachtais prize in 1901 with ''Suipéar Dhiarmada Mhic Phaidín''. Ní Shíthe wrote with Eilís Ní Mhurchadha and in 1902 performed in their play ''Beart Nótaí'' in Belfast. Ní Shíthe worked as a translator for ''
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Biography
Máire (Minnie) Ní Shíthe was born to Timothy Sheehy and Ann Deasy in Ballymacown, Killnagross, near Clonakilty, County Cork about 1868. She was educated in Darrara National School and the Convent of Mercy, Clonakilty until about 1887. Ní Shíthe wrote for An Claidheamh Soluis where she was published using the pseudonym ''Dul Amu'', first used on 2 December 1899 in ''Fáinne an Lae''. She also was published in ''Irisleabhar na Gaeile''. She had a talent for languages and translated dramas from French and German. She was a student of Donnchadh Pléimeann. She won the Oireachtais prize in 1901 with ''Suipéar Dhiarmada Mhic Phaidín''. Ní Shíthe wrote with Eilís Ní Mhurchadha and in 1902 performed in their play ''Beart Nótaí'' in Belfast. Ní Shíthe worked as a translator for ''An Gúm
An Gúm (, "The Scheme") was an Irish state company tasked with the publication of Irish literature, especially educational materials.
The agency is now part of Foras na Gaeilge.
'' as well as being the Irish language editor for the ''Cork Sun'' in 1903. Her translation in 1930, ''An Geocach Duine Uasail'', of Moliere's ''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'' was performed at the Gate Theatre, where it was directed by Micheál Mac Liammóir
Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated ...
, as well as in Damer Hall in 1958.
Ní Shíthe married Denis Leary in 1915 and they became farmers. She died on 13 July 1955. She is buried in Timoleague Friary
Timoleague Friary (), also known as Timoleague Abbey, is a ruined medieval Franciscan friary in Timoleague, County Cork, Ireland, on the banks of the Argideen River overlooking Courtmacsherry Bay. It was built on the site of an early Christian ...
. A commemorative stone was erected on her grave in 2016.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ni Shithe, Maire 1868 births 1955 deaths 19th-century Irish writers 20th-century Irish writers Irish women writers Irish translators People from Clonakilty Writers from County Cork