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'''Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé''' (2 February 1942{{ndash}}29 August 2013) was an [[Irish-language]] writer and musician from the [[County Kerry]] [[Gaeltacht]]. He was the father of [[Dáithí Ó Sé]]. He was one of the best known Irish writers of his generation, noted for his autobiography {{lang|ga|A Thig Ná Tit Orm}}. His writings were used as part of the Irish-language element of the [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Certificate]] in Irish state education, as a replacement for ''[[Peig]]'' from 1995.
'''Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé''' (2 February 1942{{snd}}29 August 2013)<ref name=ainm/> was an [[Irish-language]] writer and musician from the [[County Kerry]] [[Gaeltacht]]. He was the father of [[Dáithí Ó Sé]]. He was one of the best known Irish writers of his generation, noted for his autobiography {{lang|ga|A Thig Ná Tit Orm}}. His writings were used as part of the Irish-language element of the [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Certificate]] in Irish state education, as a replacement for ''[[Peig]]'' from 1995.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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* ''Ó Chicago go Carrachán'' ([[Cló Iar-Chonnacht]] 1999)
* ''Ó Chicago go Carrachán'' ([[Cló Iar-Chonnacht]] 1999)
* ''Ó Thuaidh - Traditional Song and Music from West Kerry''
* ''Ó Thuaidh - Traditional Song and Music from West Kerry''

==References==
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Revision as of 19:42, 8 December 2023

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

Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (2 February 1942 – 29 August 2013)[1] was an Irish-language writer and musician from the County Kerry Gaeltacht. He was the father of Dáithí Ó Sé. He was one of the best known Irish writers of his generation, noted for his autobiography A Thig Ná Tit Orm. 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.

Biography

Born in Carrachán, Baile na nGall, County Kerry in 1942, Maidhc Dainín 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, United States in 1959. He returned to Ireland in 1969.

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