Pádraig Ó
Snodaigh
.
Pádraig Ó Snodaigh was born in Carlow in 1935. He was educated by the
Christian Brothers there before becoming a clerk for the Electricity Supply
Board, 1951-63. He was
assistant keeper of the National Museum from 1963 1988, and
President of the Gaelic League from 1974-78. He has
published scholarly works such as Hidden Ulster (Belfast,
Lagan Press, 1998); and The Irish volunteers, 1715-1793
(Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1995); a novel, Ó Pharnell go
Queenie (1991); and poetry collections, including Cumba agus
Cumann (1985); and Cúl le Cúl (1988).
He is founder and
editor of Coscéim, which has been a seminal influence in
Irish language publishing since the 1980s. He is married to
the artist Cliodhna Cussen. His son Aengus Ó Snodaigh is a Sinn Féin TD. Three
other sons, Rossa, Rónán, and Colm are in the band Kíla. His other sons are
Cormac and Fergus who owned and operated a security firm for 20 years until
2004.
Source: Irish Writers Online & Wikipedia
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