Séamus Ó Néill, (died 1981), was an Irish writer from Clarkhill,

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. Following a primary degree from Queen's University,

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Eoin MacNeill Eoin MacNeill ( ga, Eoin Mac Néill; born John McNeill; 15 May 1867 – 15 October 1945) was an Irish scholar, Irish language enthusiast, Gaelic revivalist, nationalist and politician who served as Minister for Education from 1922 to 1925, Ce ...

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. He spent periods as editor of the journals ''An Iris'' and ''Comhar''. The endpiece from ''Dánta do pháistí'' (Poems for Children), entitled "Subh Milis" ("Sweet Jam"), a poem dedicated to his mother (subtitle: "Ceann do Mhama"), is his best-known work, and one of the Irish language texts most frequently referenced in English language medi

Two of his novels, ''Tonn Tuile'' and ''Máire Nic Artáin'', dealt with marital breakdown - the first set during The Emergency (Ireland), The Emergency and the latter in the religiously divided communities of Belfast during the First World War.

Works

*An Sean-Saighdiúir agus scéalta eile (''The veteran and other stories''), 1945. *An iris/eagarth (''An Iris edited''), 1945–1946. *Colm Cille : drama i gceithre radharcanna (''Columcill: a drama in four scenes''), 1946. *Tonn tuile (''Tidal Wave''), Novel, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1947. *Dánta ''Poems'', pre-1949; *Iomramh an Ousel (''The Voyage of the Ousel''), Poems, pre-1949; *Buaidh an Ultaigh (''The Ulsterman will Win''), Drama, pre-1949; *Díolta Faoina Luach (''Below-cost Sales''), Drama, pre-1949; *Ní Chuireann siad Síol (''They Sow no Seed''), Drama, pre-1949; *Dánta do pháistí (''Poems for Children''), 1949. *Súil timpeall (''Eye Around''), Essay, 1951. *Up the Rebels, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1954. Trans. Doiminic Ó Ceallaigh. *Ag baint fraochán : agus scéalta eile (''Picking Blaeberries and other stories''), 1955. *Máire Nic Artáin (''Maire McCartan''), Novel, Cló Morainn, 1959. *Iníon

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Dhún Sobhairce : tragóid trí ghníomh (''The King of Dunseverick's Daughter: a tragedy in three acts''), 1967. *Faill ar an bhFeart : dráma trí ghníomh (''Opportunity of a Miracle: a drama in three acts''), 1967. *An tSiúr Pól : dráma trí ghníomh (''Sister Paul: a drama in three acts''), c.1973. *Rún an Oileáin (''The Secret of the Island''), pub. c.1975. Staged in the Damer Theatre, Dublin 5–10 June 1961. *Iníon rí na Spáinne (''The King of Spain's Daughter''), 1978.

Critical and bibliographic material

*''The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature'', Welch, R. (ed.), The Clarendon Press,

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, 1996. *''A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers'', Anne Brady &

Brian Cleeve Brian Brendon Talbot Cleeve (22 November 1921 – 11 March 2003) was a writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish fathe ...

(eds.), The Lilliput Press, 1985. *''Dictionary of Ulster Biography'', in Newmann, K. (comp.), The

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, 1993.
Séamus Ó Néill bibliography from James Hardiman Library, UCG

Works

Critical and bibliographic material

See also