Liam Mac Con Iomaire (born 1937, Casla, County Galway – died 2019) was a highly respected Irish writer, journalist and broadcaster.
He was a newsreader on RTÉ. He was author of a number of books and some translations, mainly concerning Connemara, as well as landmark Irish language biographies of Breandán Ó hEithir and Seosamh Ó hÉanaí.[1] He was the father of musician, Colm Mac Con Iomaire.[2][3]
Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson won the 2016 Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work for Graveyard Clay / Cré na Cille: A Narrative in Ten Interludes, by Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Yale University Press, 2016).[4]
Bibliography
- Ireland of the Proverb (with Bill Doyle), Rinehart Publishers, 1995.
- Conamara:The Unknown Country (with Bob Quinn), Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 1997.
- Breandán Ó hEithir: Iomramh Aonair, Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 2000.
- Controller's Report Yearbook 2002, Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, 2003.
- Seosamh Ó hÉanaí: Nár fhagha mé bás choíche, Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 2007.
- Graveyard Clay (with Tim Robinson), Yale University Press, 2015. (Translated from the original Máirtín Ó Cadhain novel Cré na Cille).
See also
- Mac Con Iomaire, the Gaelic-Irish surname
References
- ↑ "PlayographyIreland – Liam Mac Con Iomaire". Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ↑ "Death of writer, broadcaster Liam Mac Con Iomaire". 6 May 2019 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Liam Mac Con Iomaire – duine de mhórGhaeil na hÉireann agus fear uasal ar shlí na fírinne". Tuairisc.ie.
- ↑ "Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work Winners".
External links
- Obituary, irishtimes.com; accessed 22 July 2020.
- Obituary, rte.ie; accessed 22 July 2020.
- Notice of death of Liam Mac Con Iomaire; accessed 22 July 2020.
- Liam Mac Con Iomaire profile, beo.ie; accessed 22 July 2020.
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