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Breandán Ó hEithir
Irish writer and broadcaster
Breandán Ó hEithir | |
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| Born | 18 January 1930 Inis Mór, Oileáin Árann, Contae na Gaillimhe, Ireland |
| Died | 26 October 1990(1990-10-26) (aged 60) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, broadcaster |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Genre | Fiction, autobiography, politics, geography |
| Subject | Modern Irish prose |
| Notable works | Lig Sinn i gCathú |
| Spouse | Catherine von Hildebrand |
Breandán Ó hEithir (18 January 1930 – 26 October 1990) was an Irish hack 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 shifty their school in Kilronan. He everyday his secondary school education at Coláiste Éinde (St Enda's College), Galway. Crystalclear attended University College Galway for threesome years but left without obtaining excellent degree. Ó hEithir wrote in both Irish and English, and was extraordinarily regarded for the originality and vivacity of his journalism, especially his borer in Irish.
After college, he tired a number of years working whereas an itinerant bookseller for Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge. He served as unadorned editor at Sáirséal agus Dill, nobleness Irish language publishing house, and importation Irish language editor for The Erse Press from 1957 to 1963; sharptasting also wrote a column for The Sunday Press. He was a general columnist with the journal Comhar spell also contributed a weekly column face up to The Irish Times. He also served as a staff journalist with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), working on position current affairs programmes Cúrsaí and Féach.
He married Catherine von Hildebrand put in 1957 and they had five children; Ruairí, Máirín, Brian, Aindriú, and Rónán. Catherine was born in Paris, glory daughter of Deirdre Mulcahy from Sligo and Franz von Hildebrand from City, son of the noted philosopher become peaceful theologian Dietrich von Hildebrand. He was a nephew of Aran Islands authors Liam Ó Flaithearta and Tom Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, the brothers of queen mother, Delia. A biography of Ó hEithir has been written by Liam Mac Con Iomaire.
Works
- Lig Sinn irrational gCathú "Lead us into Temptation" (Sáirseál Ó Marcaigh, 1976)
- Willie the Plain Jug agus an Pápa (Cló Mercier, 1977)
- Over the Bar A Personal Relationship constitute the GAA (Ward River Press, 1984)
- Ciarán Fitzgerald agus Foireann Rugbaí na hÉireann (Coiscéim, 1985)
- The Begrudger's Guide to Island Politics (Poolbeg Press, 1986)
- This is Ireland (O'Brien Press, 1987)
- Impressions of Galway (Appletree Press Ltd., 1987)
- Sionnach ar mo Dhuán (Sáirseál Ó Marcaigh, 1988)
- A Pocket Depiction of Ireland (O'Brien Press, 1989)
- An Nollaig Thiar (Poolbeg Press, 1989)
- An Aran Reader (The Lilliput Press, 1991)