Séamus Ó Grianna | |
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| Born | 17 November 1889 Rann na Feirste,County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | 27 November 1969(1969-11-27) (aged 80) Dublin, Ireland |
| Pen name | Máire |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Genre | Novel |
| Subject | modern Irish prose |
| Notable works | Caisleáin Óir andCith is Dealán |
| Spouse | Constance (Connie) McDonnell, Abbeyleix, County Laois. |
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Séamus Ó Grianna (Irish pronunciation:[ˈʃeːmˠəsˠoːˈɟɾʲiən̪ˠə]; 17 November 1889 – 27 November 1969; locally known also asJimí Fheilimí) was anIrish writer, who used the pen nameMáire.
Born to Feidhlimidh Mac Grianna and Máire Eibhlín Néillín Ní Dhomhnaill into a family of poets and storytellers inRanafast,County Donegal, he attended local primary school until the age of 14. He spent several years at home and as a seasonal worker in Scotland.[1] He attended anIrish language summer college in 1910 and taught for a while for theGaelic League. He trained formally as a teacher in St. Patrick's College,Dublin, 1912–14, and taught mostly in County Donegal until 1920.[citation needed]
He became involved with political matters and was interned as arepublican during theIrish Civil War. He worked subsequently as a translator forAn Gúm (a part of the Department of Education), in theIrish Civil Service, and on Irish dictionaries in theDepartment of Education.[2]
He expressed bitterness with Irish language politics, however, and in 1966 joined the "Language Freedom Movement" along with other Irish language writers and translators such asMaighréad Nic Mhaicín.[3]
His prolific literary output, spanning more than fifty years and including novels, short stories, essays, autobiography, and his famousRann na Feirste, is a romantic and nostalgic celebration of his native place, its rich oral tradition, poetic speech, colourful characters, local lore, and varied landscape. He was the most influential of the Donegal school of regional writers and theGaeltacht writer most widely read and imitated by native speakers and learners of Irish during the twentieth century. He was the brother of fellow writerSeosamh Mac Grianna.[citation needed]
Séamus Ó Grianna's novelCaisleáin Óir was developed into a musical and was premiered inAn Grianán Theatre,Letterkenny, County Donegal in 2001. It was written by Leslie Long, Kathleen Ruddy and Phil Dalton.
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