Liam Mac Con Iomaire (1937, Casla, County Galway – 5 May 2019)[1] was a highly respected Irish writer, journalist and broadcaster.
He was a newsreader on RTÉ. He was author of a number of books and some translations, mainly concerning Connemara, as well as landmark Irish language biographies of Breandán Ó hEithir and Seosamh Ó hÉanaí.[2] He was the father of musician, Colm Mac Con Iomaire.[3][4]
Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson won the 2016 Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work for Graveyard Clay / Cré na Cille: A Narrative in Ten Interludes, by Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Yale University Press, 2016).[5]
Bibliography
edit- Ireland of the Proverb (with Bill Doyle), Rinehart Publishers, 1995.
- Conamara:The Unknown Country (with Bob Quinn), Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 1997.
- Breandán Ó hEithir: Iomramh Aonair, Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 2000.
- Controller's Report Yearbook 2002, Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, 2003.
- Seosamh Ó hÉanaí: Nár fhagha mé bás choíche, Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 2007.
- Graveyard Clay (with Tim Robinson), Yale University Press, 2015. (Translated from the original Máirtín Ó Cadhain novel Cré na Cille).
See also
edit- Mac Con Iomaire, the Gaelic-Irish surname
References
edit- ^ "Writer, broadcaster and academic Liam Mac Con Iomaire dies". The Irish Times. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "PlayographyIreland – Liam Mac Con Iomaire". Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Death of writer, broadcaster Liam Mac Con Iomaire". 6 May 2019 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Liam Mac Con Iomaire – duine de mhórGhaeil na hÉireann agus fear uasal ar shlí na fírinne". Tuairisc.ie.
- ^ "Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work Winners".
External links
edit- Obituary, irishtimes.com; accessed 22 July 2020.
- Obituary, rte.ie; accessed 22 July 2020.
- Notice of death of Liam Mac Con Iomaire; accessed 22 July 2020.
- Liam Mac Con Iomaire profile, beo.ie; accessed 22 July 2020.
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