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Máirtín Ó Cadhain


Born
Cois Fharraige, Ireland
Died
October 18, 1970

Genre
Poetry, Short Stories, Literature & Fiction


Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906 � 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century.

Máirtín Ó Cadhain was born in Cois Fharraige in the Connamara Gaeltacht in 1906. He is best known for his major novel, Cré na Cille (Dublin, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1949). It has been translated into English as Graveyard Clay, and into many other languages, including Danish and Norwegian. However, it was not published in English until 2015.

His short story collections include Idir Shúgradh agus Dáiríre, 1939, and An Braon Broghach, 1948, from which Eoghan Ó Tuairisc translated stories published under the title Road to Bright City (Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1981); An tSraith ar Lár, (1967); and An tSraith Dhá Thógáil (1970).
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The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille
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3.63 avg rating — 1,156 ratings — published 1949 — 30 editions
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The Key
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The Dregs of the Day
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The Quick and the Dead: Sel...
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Dhá Sceal: Two Stories
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Tone - Inné agus Inniu
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Braon Broghach
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Cois Caolaire
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An tSraith Dhá Tógáil
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Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Rogha Sc...
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“The best literary device I got from my people was their talk, rough, earthy, salty speech that starts dancing on me sometimes, crying on me other times whether I like it or not.”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain
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“Çalışayım, didineyim derken kendimi öldürdüm. . .”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille
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“The eyes of the children are magicked by the toys that fall out of the wondrous garden of innocence.”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille
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