Séamus Mac An Iomaire or Séamus Ridge (1891–1967) was an Irish

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and writer.

Biography

Mac an Iomaire was born at Muighinis in

Connemara Connemara ( ; ) is a region on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, ...

on 13 January 1891. During 1919–1926, he had a number of stories, essays, songs and lists of terms and proverbs published in the

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journal ''An Stoc'', edited by Professor Tomás Ó Máille, before emigrating to

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in the latter year. In New York he taught classes in Irish for the Gaelic Society, and while recovering from

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in 1927, he wrote ''Cladaigh Chonamara'', or ''The Shores of Connemara'', which was first published in Irish in 1938 and reprinted several times since. In 1966, he presented a number of his manuscripts to the

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, and completed his final work, ''Conamara Man'', before his death on 15 November 1967 and published posthumously.

Bibliography

* ''Cladaigh Chonamara'', Réamh-fhocal ó Tomás Ó Máille, Baile Áth Cliath, 1938. * ''Conamara Man'', New York, Prentice Hall, 1969.

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* * Writers from County Galway 1891 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Irish writers 20th-century Irish botanists 20th-century Irish-language writers {{Ireland-botanist-stub

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