Liam Mac Cóil

Liam Mac Cóil [ ˈlʲiːəm məˈkoːlʲ ] (* 1952 in Blackrock, Dublin ) is an Irish writer and literary critic whose work is mainly written in the Irish language .

Mac Cóil currently lives in the Gaeltacht Rath Cairn in County Meath . Together with Ruairí Ó hUiginn, he is the editor of the annual publication Bliainiris . He is also director of the Carbad publishing house . He publishes novels, articles and essays on literature, history, art and television.

His novel Fontenoy won the 2006 Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin Prize .

Published novels

• To Choill ("The Forest"), Roman, Leabhar Breac, 2016, ISBN 978-1-909907-69-0
• I dTír Stráinséartha ("in a foreign land"), novel, Leabhar Breac, 2014, ISBN 978-1-909907-53-9 (part 2 of a trilogy, beginning with An Litir )
• To Litir ("The Letter"), Roman, Leabhar Breac, 2012, ISBN 978-0-89833-257-5
• Fontenoy , Roman, Leabhar Breac 2005, ISBN 1-898332-19-3
• To Claíomh Solais ("The Lightsaber"), Roman, Leabhar Breac 1998, ISBN 1-898332-02-9
• To Dochtúir Áthas (“Doctor Joy”), Roman, Leabhar Breac, 1994, ISBN 1-898332-00-2

Other published works

• Bliainiris ("Yearbook"), Carbad 2000–2007
• To Chláirseach agus to Choróin: Seacht gCeolsiansa Stanford ("The Harp and the Crown: Seven Stanford Pieces "), Leabhar Breac 2010, ISBN 978-0-89833-245-2 (a work about his personal impressions by the composer Charles Villiers Stanford )
• Nótaí ón Lár ("Notes from the Middle"), Leabhar Breac 2000 (a kind of diary)
• Toirealach Ó Cearúlláin , Leabhar Breac 1999 (about the composer Turlough O'Carolan )
• Saibhreas Chnoic Chaspair ("the wealth of the Caspar hills"), An Gúm 1981 (translation from the Welsh by Trysor Bryniau Caspar by J. Selwyn Lloyd)
• The Book of Blackrock , Carraig Books 1977 (on the history of his hometown)
• Tiocfaidh Lá (“a day will come”), Carbad 1977 (translation from Welsh by Daw Dydd by Ffred Ffrancis)

Remarks

1. ↑ Cf. Leabhar Breac - Foilsitheoirí Leabhar - Irish short biography at his publisher ( Memento from February 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ See catalog entry in the UCC library.
3. ↑ See catalog entry in the TCD library.
4. ↑ See catalog entry in the UCD library.
5. ↑ See note in the Irish Times  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.