Then Ó Séaghdha
Darach Ó Séaghdha is an Irish writer and podcaster.
Darach Ó Séaghdha grew up in Rathfarnham as the son of a linguist . The parents of Ó Séaghdha spoke Irish among themselves, but English with their children. When his father fell ill, Ó Séaghdha began to dig deeper into Irish, learning the language and sharing interesting Irish phrases and expressions on Twitter.
He is the author of Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a not so dead language (Head of Zeus, 2017), which won the Irish Book Award in the Ireland AM Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year category in 2017 .
Ó Séaghdha is married and has one daughter.
Works
- Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a not so dead language . Head of Zeus, London 2017
- Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language . Head of Zeus, London 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Darach Ó Séaghdha's complicated history with Gaeilge . August 28, 2017.
- ↑ Sean Murray: 'Irish is a dead language? Judging by your punctuation, English isn't far off either ' (en) . In: TheJournal.ie .
- ↑ MOTHERFOCLÓIR , Irish Book Award, accessed February 11, 2019
- ↑ Motherfoclóir, Brexit and the birth of my daughter , The Irish Times, October 20, 2018
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SURNAME | Ó Séaghdha, Darach |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish writer and podcaster |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |