Donncha Ó Céileachair

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Donncha Ó Céileachair (1918 – 1960) was a prominent writer in the Irish language. He and his sister, Síle Ní Chéileachair, published an influential collection of short stories, and he was also notable as a biographer and travel writer.

Personal life

He was born in

poliomyelitis on 21 July 1960. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.[1]

Writing career

Ó Céileachair, described as "a prolific and highly regarded author of short stories and non-fiction in Irish,"[2] acquired his first experience in writing from helping his father, a traditional native speaker of Irish, write his autobiography. He attended a course given by the writer Daniel Corkery in Cúil Aodha on the art of the short story, and in 1955 he and his sister Síle published a jointly written and well-received collection of 14 stories called Bullaí Mhártain, with both rural and urban settings.[1] The collection has been praised for its concision, variety and ease of style.[3]

In 1958 Ó Céileachair and Proinsias Ó Conluain published An Duinníneach, a joint biography of the lexicographer and literary scholar Father

Gaelic Revival.[1] This has been described as an extremely important work, not least because of the impressive density of the social, political and literary background.[4]

He also wrote Dialann Oilithrigh, an account of a pilgrimage to Rome, described by critics as being not a traditionally pious description but a lively and stylish diary with clear insight into the author’s mind.[1]

Ó Céileachair also wrote articles for various newspapers and was responsible for several translations, sometimes in collaboration with the authors.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ó Céileachair, Donncha (1918 – 1960)". An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisní Gaeilge. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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  3. ^ Bannister, Garry, ‘Gnéithe den Litríocht san Fhichiú hAois’
  4. ^ Caerwyn Williams, J.E; Ní Mhuiríosa, Máirín (1979). Traidisiún Liteartha na nGael. Baile Átha Cliath: An Clóchomhar Tta. pp. 374–375.
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