Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé

Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (2 February 1942 – 29 August 2013) was an Irish writer and musician. He wrote exclusively in the Irish language, and is best known for his autobiography, A Thig Ná Tit Orm. He was the father of the television presenter Dáithí Ó Sé.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé
Ó Sé in 2011
Born	(1942-02-02)2 February 1942 Carrachán, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	29 August 2013(2013-08-29) (aged 71) Carrachán, County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation	Writer musician
Notable works	A Thig Ná Tit Orm (1987)
Spouse	Caitlín Nic Gearailt
Children	5, including Dáithí Ó Sé

Life

Ó Sé was born in Carrachán, County Kerry, in 1942. He was the son of a fisherman from Baile na nGall called Dainín Dan Ó Sé and his wife from an Daingean, Máire Ní Chinnéide. In 1958, at the age of 16, Maidhc moved to England for a while, before moving to Chicago in 1959. He returned to Ireland in 1969.

His writings were used as part of the Irish-language element of the Leaving Certificate in Irish state education, as a replacement for Peig from 1995.

Writings

Autobiography

• A Thig Ná Tit Orm ("House Don't Fall on Me"; Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1987)

Fiction

• Corcán na dTrí gCos (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1988)
• Tae le tae (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1990)
• Chicago driver (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1992)
• Dochtúir na bPiast (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1993)
• Greenhorn (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997)
• Madraí na nocht gcos (Baile Atha Cliath: Coisceim 1998)
• Mair, a chapaill (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1999)
• Is glas iad na cnoic (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997)
• Lilí Frainc (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2001)
• Mura mBuafam - Suatham (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2003)
• Idir dhá lios (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2005)
• Nuadha agus Breoghan ar neamh (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2006)
• Binn Éadair (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2006)
• Seán Óg Máirtín (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2007)
• Lucinda Sly: úrscéal stairiúil (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2008)
• Cara go brách: Úrscéal (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2010)

Poetry

• Citeal na stoirme (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1991)

Music

• Ó Chicago go Carrachán (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1999)
• Ó Thuaidh - Traditional Song and Music from West Kerry

References

1. "Ó Sé, Maidhc Dainín (1942–2013)". An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge (in Irish). Archived from the original on 10 August 2016.
2. "Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé". Portráidí. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016.
3. "A Gaeilgeoir and champion of Irish language writing". Irish Independent. 1 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
4. O'Shea, Owen (30 August 2013). "Author and language enthusiast Ó Sé dies". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
5. Brophy, Daragh (29 August 2013). "Death of Kerry musician and author of 'A Thig Ná Tit Orm', Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
6. "Kerry writer and musician Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé dies". RTÉ. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018.

External links

• Interview with Ó Sé on TG4