Ciarán Ó Cofaigh is an Irish

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and

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A native of

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, but now resident in

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, 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

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. Following this he worked freelance on productions for

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, ''Avenger Ghaoth Dobhair (Gaoth Dobhair Avenger)''. He co-founded ''ROSG'' (

Old Irish Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writte ...

''rosg'', meaning ''eye'') in 1998, a film and television company based in An Spidéal. ''ROSG'' has since produced a wide variety of films, drama, documentaries and even animations, winning national and international awards for their work. He also co-founded and produced the ''Siol Scéal'' initiative of short films, a development scheme established by ''ROSG'' and ''Eo Teilifís'' to promote new talented writers and directors. From this scheme 24 half-hour short films have been produced and broadcast to date.
IFTN news Ciarán has also tutored in Television and Broadcasting in

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. Ó Cofaigh produced an adaptation of the

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Cré na Cille () is an Irish language novel by Máirtín Ó Cadhain. It was first published in 1949. It is considered one of the greatest novels written in the Irish language. Title ''Cré na Cille'' literally means "Earth of the Church"; it has also been t ...

'', by

Máirtín Ó Cadhain Máirtín Ó Cadhain (; 1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century. Perhaps best known for his 1949 novel ''Cré na Cille'', Ó Cadhain played a key role in reintroducing literary mod ...

, starring Bríd Ní Neachtain. It was viewed at a number of Irish and global film festivals such as the

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110122191232/http://www.galwayindependent.com/profiles/profiles/ciaran-o-cofaigh-%11-producer%10director/ * * http://www.filmireland.net/tag/ciaran-o-cofaigh/ * http://www.rosg.ie/en/news/Oireachtas_Communication_Awards__14 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110727090104/http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=10&Article_Id=18021 * http://rosg.ie/en/productions/An_Bronntanas_16 * https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/omission-of-fadas-from-irish-names-by-public-bodies-investigated-1.3780757 {{DEFAULTSORT:OCofaigh, Ciaran Living people 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Irish film directors Irish producers People from County Meath People from County Galway People educated at Coláiste Eoin Year of birth missing (living people)

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