Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé
Ó Sé in 2011
Ó Sé in 2011
Born(1942-02-02)2 February 1942
Carrachán, County Kerry, Ireland
Died29 August 2013(2013-08-29) (aged 71)
Carrachán, County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation
  • Writer
  • musician
Notable worksA Thig Ná Tit Orm (1987)
SpouseCaitlín Nic Gearailt
Children5, including Dáithí Ó Sé

Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (2 February 1942 – 29 August 2013) was an Irish writer and musician. He wrote exclusively in the Irish language, and is best known for his autobiography, A Thig Ná Tit Orm. He was the father of the television presenter Dáithí Ó Sé.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Life

Ó Sé was born in Carrachán, County Kerry, in 1942. He 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 in 1959. He returned to Ireland in 1969.

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.

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)
  • 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)
  • Idir dhá lios (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2005)
  • 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

References

  1. ↑ "Ó Sé, Maidhc Dainín (1942–2013)". An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge (in Irish). Archived from the original on 10 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé". Portráidí. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "A Gaeilgeoir and champion of Irish language writing". Irish Independent. 1 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  4. ↑ O'Shea, Owen (30 August 2013). "Author and language enthusiast Ó Sé dies". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Brophy, Daragh (29 August 2013). "Death of Kerry musician and author of 'A Thig Ná Tit Orm', Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kerry writer and musician Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé dies". RTÉ. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018.
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