Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé
Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (2 February 1942 – 29 August 2013) was an Irish-language writer and musician from the County Kerry Gaeltacht. He was the father of Dáithí Ó Sé. He was one of the best known Irish writers of his generation, noted for his autobiography A Thig Ná Tit Orm. His writings were used as part of the Irish-language element of the Leaving Certificate in Irish state education, as a replacement for Peig from 1995.
Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé | |
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| Born | 2 February 1942 Carrachán, Baile na nGall, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | 29 August 2013 (aged 71) Carrachán, Baile na nGall, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Occupation | Writer, musician |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Genre | Autobiography, poetry |
| Subject | modern Irish prose |
| Notable works | A Thig Ná Tit Orm |
| Spouse | Caitlín Nic Gearailt |
Biography
Born in Carrachán, Baile na nGall, County Kerry in 1942, Maidhc Dainín was the son of a fisherman from Baile na nGall called Dainín Dan Ó Sé and his wife from an Daingean, Máire Ní Chinnéide. In 1958 at the age of 16, Maidhc moved to England for a while, before moving to Chicago, United States in 1959. He returned to Ireland in 1969.
Writings
Autobiography
- A Thig Ná Tit Orm ("House Don't Fall on Me"; Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1987)
Fiction
- Corcán na dTrí gCos (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1988)
- Tae le tae (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1990)
- Chicago driver (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1992)
- Dochtúir na bPiast (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1993)
- Greenhorn (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997)
- Madraí na nocht gcos (Baile Atha Cliath: Coisceim 1998)
- Mair, a chapaill (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1999)
- Idir dhá lios (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2005)
- Is glas iad na cnoic (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997)
- Lilí Frainc (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2001)
- Mura mBuafam - Suatham (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2003)
- Nuadha agus Breoghan ar neamh (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2006)
- Binn Éadair (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2006)
- Seán Óg Máirtín (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2007)
- Lucinda Sly: úrscéal stairiúil (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2008)
- Cara go brách: Úrscéal (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2010)
Poetry
- Citeal na stoirme (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1991)
Music
- Ó Chicago go Carrachán (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1999)
- Ó Thuaidh - Traditional Song and Music from West Kerry
External links
- Death of Kerry musician and author of ‘A Thig Ná Tit Orm’, Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé at The Journal
- Author and language enthusiast Ó Sé dies at Irish Examiner
- Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé at Musical Traditions