Tomás Mac Con Iomaire, Irish radio producer and journalist.

Biography

A native of

Casla Casla (Costello or Costelloe) is a Gaeltacht village between Indreabhán (Inverin) and An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe) in western County Galway, Ireland. The headquarters of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is located there. The village lies on the R3 ...

, Connemara,

County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

Mac Con Iomaire Mac Con Iomaire, Gaelic-Irish surname Overview In Ireland, the surname Montgomery has in some cases undergone gaelicisation, with Montgomery translated into ''Mac Con Iomaire''. It is also used to translate the surname Ridge. It is found main ...

worked with Raidió na Gaeltachta for over 30 years. During this time he was also one of the pioneers of local news in the west of Ireland. After a few failed attempts to break into the Irish press, in 1974 he became was one of three people selected by Raidió na Gaeltachta to set up a local news service in Connemara. In 2000, he became the first Galwegian to become Director of the Raidió na Gaeltachta. Six years later, he left the position to return to broadcasting. Since then, he has produced a number of radio series, including a history of Ireland and a documentary series on the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement, ''Pobal ar Aire: Gluaiseacht Chearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta 1969-2009''. He lives in Carraroe with his wife. He has one daughter, Síle, who works in the education, and two sons,

Rónán Rónán, anglicised as Ronan, is a male given name of Irish language, Irish and Breton language, Breton origin. The meaning is 'Pinniped, little seal' (Old Irish: ''rón'' meaning the animal 'seal', and -''án'' being a diminutive suffix). Common ...

and Donncha Mac Con Iomaire. Both sons work in the media industry.

External links

* http://www.galwayindependent.com/profiles/profiles/tomas-mac-con-iomaire-%11-radio-producer/ * http://www.radioproducers.ie/members/tomas-mac-con-iomaire/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Mac Con Iomaire, Tomas 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Living people Irish radio journalists Irish radio producers People from County Galway Year of birth missing (living people)