Séamus Ó Grianna

Séamus Ó Grianna

Séamus Ó Grianna (IPAga|ˈʃeːmˠəsˠ oː ˈɟɾʲiən̪ˠə; 1889-1969; locally known also as Jimí Fheilimí) was an Irish writer, who used the pen name Máire. Born into a family of poets and storytellers in Ranafast, County Donegal, he attended local primary school until the age of 14. He spent several years at home and as a seasonal worker in Scotland. [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/history/stateapart/agreement/culture/support/cul2_n031.shtml An Irishman's Diary by Pol O Muiri] He attended an Irish language summer college in 1910 and taught for a while for the Gaelic League. He trained formally as a teacher in St. Patrick's College, Dublin, 1912-14, and taught mostly in County Donegal until 1920. He became involved with political matters and was interned as a republican during the Irish Civil War. He worked subsequently as a translator for An Gúm, in the Irish Civil Service, and on Irish dictionaries in the Department of Education. He expressed bitterness with Irish language politics, however, and in 1966 joined the "Language Freedom Movement". His prolific literary output, spanning more than fifty years and including novels, short stories, essays, autobiography, and his famous "Rann na Feirste", is a romantic and nostalgic celebration of his native place, its rich oral tradition, poetic speech, colourful characters, local lore, and varied landscape. He was the most influential of the Donegal school of regional writers and the Gaeltacht writer most widely read and imitated by native speakers and learners of Irish during the twentieth century. He is a brother of fellow-writer Seosamh Mac Grianna.

Bibliography

* Caisleáin Óir. Mercier Press, Dublin 1994 (novel)
* Castar na Daoine ar a Chéile. Scríbhinní Mháire 1. Edited by Nollaig Mac Congáil. Coiscéim, Dublin 2002 (novel and journalism)
* Cith is Dealán. Mercier Press, Dublin and Cork 1994 (short stories)
* Cora Cinniúna 1-2 (two volumes of short stories) An Gúm, Dublin 1993
* Cúl le Muir agus scéalta eile. Oifig an tSoláthair, Dublin 1961 (short stories)
* Na Blianta Corracha. Scríbhinní Mháire 2. Edited by Nollaig Mac Congáil. Coiscéim, Dublin 2003 (journalism)
* Nuair a Bhí Mé Óg. Mercier Press, Dublin and Cork 1986 (autobiography)
* An Sean-Teach. Oifig an tSoláthair, Dublin 1968 (novel)
* Tairngreacht Mhiseoige. An Gúm, Dublin 1995 (novel)

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