Joe Steve Ó Neachtain

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Joe Steve Ó Neachtain (25 October 1942 – 19 January 2020)

An Spidéal, County Galway
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Ó Neachtain began writing in 1969 and published many short stories. He won

Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1998) was awarded the Cló Iar-Chonnachta literary award in 1998. He won the award a second time in 2001 for his novel, Lámh Láidir (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2001).[citation needed
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Idir Shúgradh agus Dáiríre (In Jest and in Earnest) is an award-nominated 2005 TG4 funded documentary film about Ó Neachtain, made by Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín.[citation needed]

As an active participant in the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement, Ó Neachtain helped lay the groundwork for the establishment of Údarás na Gaeltachta and Radió na Gaeltachta.

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  • Singing Shores, Whispering Wind:Voices of Connemara, Raymonde Standun and Bill Long, 2001; .
  • "Joe Steve Ó Neachtain", coislife.ie; accessed 18 July 2020.