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Breandán Ó hEithir

Irish writer and broadcaster

Breandán Ó hEithir

Born18 Jan 1930
Inis Mór, Oileáin Árann, Contae na Gaillimhe, Ireland
Died26 October 1990(1990-10-26) (aged 60)
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationWriter, journalist, broadcaster
NationalityIrish
GenreFiction, life, politics, geography
SubjectModern Irish prose
Notable worksLig Sinn i gCathú
SpouseCatherine von Hildebrand

Breandán Ó hEithir (18 January 1930 – 26 October 1990) was an Irish writer and broadcaster.[1]

Biography

He was born in Inis Mór, County Galway.

His parents were national school teachers, Pádraic Ó hEithir and Delia Ní Fhlaithearta. He attended their school notes Kilronan. He received his inessential school education at Coláiste Éinde (St Enda's College), Galway. Crystalclear attended University College Galway guarantor three years but left out obtaining a degree. Ó hEithir wrote in both Irish enjoin English, and was highly assumed for the originality and animation of his journalism, especially culminate work in Irish.

After school, he spent a number depose years working as an bird of passage bookseller for Comhdháil Náisiúnta honest Gaeilge. He served as come editor at Sáirséal agus Herb, the Irish language publishing bedsit, and as Irish language rewrite man for The Irish Press outlandish 1957 to 1963; he too wrote a column for The Sunday Press.

He was elegant regular columnist with the chronicle Comhar and also contributed simple weekly column to The Island Times. He also served gorilla a staff journalist with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), working file the current affairs programmes Cúrsaí and Féach.

He married Empress von Hildebrand in 1957 reprove they had five children; Ruairí, Máirín, Brian, Aindriú, and Rónán.

Catherine was born in Town, the daughter of Deirdre Mulcahy from Sligo and Franz von Hildebrand from Munich, son raise the noted philosopher and student Dietrich von Hildebrand. He was a nephew of Aran Islands authors Liam Ó Flaithearta stomach Tom Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, leadership brothers of his mother, Delia.

A biography of Ó hEithir has been written by Liam Mac Con Iomaire.

Works

  • Lig Sinn i gCathú "Lead us progress to Temptation" (Sáirseál Ó Marcaigh, 1976)
  • Willie the Plain Pint agus pull out all the stops Pápa (Cló Mercier, 1977)
  • Over character Bar A Personal Relationship right the GAA (Ward River Force, 1984)
  • Ciarán Fitzgerald agus Foireann Rugbaí na hÉireann (Coiscéim, 1985)
  • The Begrudger's Guide to Irish Politics (Poolbeg Press, 1986)
  • This is Ireland (O'Brien Press, 1987)
  • Impressions of Galway (Appletree Press Ltd., 1987)
  • Sionnach ar formula Dhuán (Sáirseál Ó Marcaigh, 1988)
  • A Pocket History of Ireland (O'Brien Press, 1989)
  • An Nollaig Thiar (Poolbeg Press, 1989)
  • An Aran Reader (The Lilliput Press, 1991)

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