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Máirtín Ó Cadhain

Born

Cois Fharraige, Ireland

Died

October 18, 1970

Genre

Poetry, Short Stories, Literature & Fiction

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Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century.

Máirtín Ó Cadhain was born in Cois Fharraige in the Connamara Gaeltacht in 1906. He is best known for his major novel, Cré na Cille (Dublin, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1949). It has been translated into English as Graveyard Clay, and into many other languages, including Danish and Norwegian. However, it was not published in English until 2015.

His short story collections include Idir Shúgradh agus Dáiríre, 1939, and An Braon Broghach, 1948, from which Eoghan Ó Tuairisc translated stories published under the title Road to Bright City (Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1981); An tSraith ar Lár, (1967); and An tSraith Dhá Thógáil (1970).

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Average rating: 3.65 · 1,497 ratings · 259 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Alan Titley (Translation) 3.63 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 1949 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Key by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Louis de Paor (Translator), Lochlainn Ó Tuairisg (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dregs of the Day by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Alan Titley (Translator) 3.58 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quick and the Dead: Selected Stories by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Louis de Paor (Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dhá Sceal: Two Stories 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idir Shúgradh agus Dáiríre it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1939 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tone - Inné agus Inniu it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Braon Broghach liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Páipéir Bhána agus Páipéir Bhreaca 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gluaiseacht na Gaeilge: Gluaiseacht ar Strae 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The best literary device I got from my people was their talk, rough, earthy, salty speech that starts dancing on me sometimes, crying on me other times whether I like it or not.”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain

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“Çalışayım, didineyim derken kendimi öldürdüm. . .”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille

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“The eyes of the children are magicked by the toys that fall out of the wondrous garden of innocence.”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille

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The Bostonians by Henry James

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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James

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A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

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The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain

6 votes, 7.8%

77 total votes

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