Darach Ó Scolaí is an Irish

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

, playwright, publisher, and artist living in the County

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

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of Connemara. He was awarded the

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Prize for Literature in 2007 for his novel,''

An Cléireach ''An Cléireach'' (Gaelic: The Clerk) is a novel by the Irish writer Darach Ó Scolaí, published in 2007 and winner of the 2007 ''Oireachtas Prize for Literature''. It also won Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin (Irish Language Book of the Year) in 2008 ...

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Writing

His 2007 novel'' An Cléireach'' (The Clerk) (, pbk ), won the 2007 Oireachtas Prize for Literature, and was published by

Leabhar Breac ('The Speckled Book'; Middle Irish: ), now less commonly ('Great Book of Dun Doighre') or possibly erroneously, ('The Speckled Book of the MacEgans'), is a medieval Irish vellum manuscript containing Middle Irish and Hiberno-Latin writings. T ...

, Inverin. As well as another novel and a number of modern retellings of old Irish tales, he has written and illustrated a number of children's books.

Stage and screen plays

Two of the author's plays have been produced for the stage, ''Coinneáil Orainn'' and ''An Braon Aníos'', and two short screenplays have been filmed, ''Cosa Nite'' and ''An Leabhar''. ''Coinneáil Orainn'' won the

Walter Macken Walter Macken (3 May 1915 – 22 April 1967; Irish: ), was born in Galway, Ireland. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Biography Walter Macken was originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc (where he met his wife, ...

Prize in 2005 and a BBC

Stewart Parker James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941 – 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish playwright. Early life Born into a working-class family in East Belfast in 1941, he was one of the post-WWII generation to be the first in their family to attai ...

Award in 2006. Both ''Coinneáil Orainn'' and ''An Braon Aníos'' have been published, as well as a prose edition of Cosa Nite. Along with Ciarán Ó Cofaigh he founded the film and television production company Rosg, and was co-director of the company until 2005. In 2006 he founded the stage production company Salamandar, and directed his own play ''An Braon Aníos''.

Publishing

In 1995 he co-founded the publishing house Leabhar Breac at

Inverin Inverin (, meaning "mouth of the river") is a Gaeltacht village between Baile na hAbhann and Minna in County Galway, Ireland. There are Irish-language summer colleges in the area, most notably Coláiste Lurgan and Coláiste Uí Chadhain. The v ...

(Indreabhán, Co. na Gaillimhe) with his brother, the

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and designer Caomhán Ó Scolaí. Amongst other titles Leabhar Breac published the 2006 Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin award-winning novel '' Fontenoy'' by

Liam Mac Cóil Liam Mac Cóil is an Irish language novelist, a critic, and an essayist. Career Born in Dublin in 1952, Liam Mac Cóil lives in the Gaeltacht of Ráth Cairn, County Meath. Before becoming a full-time writer he worked for a time at An Coiste Téa ...

, and Seán Mac Mathúna's 2007 novel, ''Hula Hul''.

Art symposium

In Inis Oirr, along with Val Ballance he co-founded the annual artists' symposium Ealaín ar Oileán, which he now directs. The symposium has been held annually in Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, since 2004.

Published work

Súil an Daill, (a novel) Leabhar Breac 2021. Na Comharthaí, (a novel) Leabhar Breac 2014
Oileán an Órchiste (a translation of ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson), Leabhar Breac 2000
An Cléireach, (a novel) Leabhar Breac 2007
An Braon Aníos, (a play) Leabhar Breac 2007
Coinneáil Orainn, (a play) Leabhar Breac 2005
An Ceithearnach Caolriabhach (an illustrated retelling of a 15th-century tale), Leabhar Breac 2000
''Feis Tigh Chonáin'' (a retelling of a 16th-century tale), Leabhar Breac 1998

Staged work

*2009: ''An tSeanbhróg'', Salamandar 2009 *2008: ''Craos'', Salamandar 2008 *2006: ''An Braon Aníos'', Salamandar 2006 *2005: ''Labhraí Loingseach'', Fíbín *2005: ''Coinneáil Orainn,'' An Taibhdhearc

Filmed work

*2010: ''Na Cloigne'', dir. Robert Quinn, prod.

Ciarán Ó Cofaigh Ciarán Ó Cofaigh is an Irish people, Irish film director and film producer, producer. Biography A native of Ráth Cairn, County Meath, but resident in Indreabhán, County Galway, Ó Cofaigh has worked in the Irish film and broadcast industry ...

, Rosg *2001: ''An Leabhar'', dir. Robert Quinn, prod.

, Rosg *1999: ''Cosa Nite'', dir. Dearbhla Walsh, prod. Ciarán Ó Cofaigh, Rosg

Documentary work for television

* 1999: ''Na Glúnta'', co-directors Ciarán Ó Cofaigh & Darach Ó Scolaí, prod. Ciarán Ó Cofaigh, Rosg

External links

Darach Ó Scolaí's website

Leabhar Breac website

Ealaín ar Oileán website

Rosg website

Salamandar website
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