Mícheál Ó hUanacháin is an Irish poet and journalist from

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, Ireland. He worked as a reporter and broadcaster for

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until his retirement in 2009.

Journalism

Ó hUanacháin was first appointed as

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for

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in 1968. During his career, he worked as a reporter, presenter and editor on television, radio and

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, with an interest in Irish language and culture, the Middle East and

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affairs. He retired in July 2009. He reports on soccer matches as a freelance journalist, mainly on matches played by

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and Kerry F.C.. His reports on Kerry F.C. are published biweekly in the West Kerry Live local newspaper.

Writing career

Ó hUanacháin's first collection of poetry was published in the early 1970s. Since then, he has released numerous collections in Irish including ''Go dTaga Léas'' (1971), ''Crann Tógála'' (1980), ''Aibítir Mheiriceá'' (1981), ''Tráchtaireacht ar na Cluichí Móra'' (1998), ''dánta.com'' (2006), ''Damhsa Rúnda'' (2008), ''Timthriall Nua'' (2017) and ''Faoi Choinneáil'' (2021). He has also written two books in Irish for younger readers: ''Olé Olé Olé'' (1994)

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is a common chant in association football, the theme of this book. and ''An Tíogar agus a Mhadra'' (2015), illustrated by

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, with whom he worked previously in RTÉ. Ó hUanacháin is active in organisations promoting Irish-language poetry and writers, including ''Aontas na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge'' ("Irish language writers' association") of which he is the treasurer. He is also a member of the committee of ''An Fhéile Bheag Filíochta'', an annual poetry festival in

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, County Kerry.

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