Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta (1931 - 15 April 2021) was an Irish

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. Ó Flaithearta portrayed Cóilín Ó Catháin on the Irish language drama, ''

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''. He was a native of

Carraroe Carraroe (in Irish language, Irish, and officially, , meaning 'the red quarter') is a village in Connemara, the coastal Irish-speaking region (Gaeltacht) of County Galway, Ireland. It is known for its traditional fishing boats, the Galway Hook ...

, and began acting the 1960s, appearing in the 1978 TV production of ''

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'' playing the character Marcus. Other appearances include the 1992 short, ''Conneely's Choice'' and his role as Seáinín Liam in a 2007 production of ''

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''. He had previously portrayed Seáinín Liam in a 1996 production of the play by the

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. His voice was used in the recordings of seven of the songs on the CD that accompanies the ''Gugalaí Gug'' book of children's songs. His

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Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Bernie in the Irish language television drama '' Ros na Rún''. Biography Ní Fhlatharta has played the role of cafe owner Bernie Ní Neachtain Seoighe on '' Ros na ...

, is another cast-member of ''Ros na Rún''. Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta died on 15 April 2021.

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* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959945/ * http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/person_detail/OFL0006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Oflaithearta, Tom Saili 1931 births 2021 deaths Actors from County Galway Irish male stage actors Irish male television actors People from Carraroe

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