Breandán Ó hEithir

Breandán Ó hEithir (born January 18, 1930 in Galway , † October 26, 1990 ) was an Irish writer and journalist . He wrote his works in Irish and English .

Life

Ó hEithir was born in Galway City in 1930, but initially spent his childhood on Árainn , as his parents worked there as educators. He finished school in Galway City and later studied Irish and history for three years at the UCG but failed to graduate.

Before he started writing full-time, he had a wide range of jobs. He first worked at Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge and then as an editor at the publishing house Sáirséal agus Dill and the newspaper The Irish Press . Ó hÉithir was a regular contributor to the Irish Times and published articles in the Journal Comhar ; he worked as a columnist for both . He also worked as a journalist with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) on programs such as Féach and Cúrsaí .

In 1957 he married Catherine von Hildebrand, with whom he had five children.

Ó hEithir was a nephew of the famous Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty .

Works

• Thar Ghealchathair Soir (1973)
• Lig Sinn i gCathú (1976)
  • engl .: Lead Us Into Temptation (1978)
  • dt .: lead us into temptation. Roman , Kiepenheuer, Leipzig and Weimar 1985
• Willie the Plain Pint agus An Papa (1977)
• Over the Bar (1984)
• Ciarán Fitzgerald agus Foireann Rugbaí na hÉireann (1985)
• A Gruudger's Guide to Irish Politics (1985)
• This is Ireland (1987)
• Sionnach ar mo Dhuán (1988)
• To Nollaig Thiar (1989)
• A Pocket History of Ireland (1989)
• An Chaint sa tSráidbhaile (1991)
• To Aran Reader (1991)

Web links

• Literature by and about Breandán Ó hEithir in the catalog of the German National Library