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Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Irish pronunciation: [ˈmˠaːɾˠtʲiːnʲ oː ˈkəinʲ]; 20 January 1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century.
Máirtín Ó Cadhain. This page provides an overview in English of the content of our website, which consists of information and other material about the prominent Irish-language prose writer, language activist, and social and political activist, Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970).
Teacher, writer, academic, republican and Irish-language activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain, who died 50 years ago on October 18th, would probably be seen as one of the foremost writers to...
Ó Cadhain, Máirtín (1906–70), republican, creative writer, and academic, was born 4 January 1906 at An Cnocán Glas, Spiddal, Co. Galway, second born and first surviving child among seven sons and six daughters of Seán Ó Cadhain, farmer, and Bríd Ní Chonfhaola, farmer's daughter, both of Co. Galway, who were married on 21 February 1904.
Mar 17, 2016 · In 1948, the Irish-language writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain received the kind of rejection letter a novelist might dream of getting. He had submitted his foul-mouthed first novel, “Cré na Cille”...
Máirtín Ó Cadhain. Biography. Máirtín Ó Cadhain was born in Connemara in 1906. He worked as a schoolteacher but was fired for being a member of the IRA in 1936. He was later interned for his political activities from 1939 to 1944.
Jul 28, 2016 · Maírtín Ó Cadhain. (Yale University Press) Maírtín Ó Cadhain’s Cré na Cille, originally published in 1949, is often said to be the greatest Irish-language novel of the 20th century. It...
