Máirtín Ó Direáin
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Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910-1988) born in Sruthán on Inishmore in the Aran Islands was an Irish language poet.
The son of a small-farmer, Máirtín Ó Díreáin spoke only the Irish language until his mid-teens. He worked as a civil servant from 1928 until 1975. His main works include the poetry collections Rogha Dánta (1949); Ó Mórna agus Dánta Eile (1957); Ar Ré Dhearóil (1962); Cloch Choirnéil, (1967); Crainn is Cairde (1970); Dánta 1939-79 (1980); Ceacht an Éin (1984); Béasa an Túir (1984); Tacar Dánta/Selected Poems (1984); Craobhóg: Dán (1986). His autobiographical essays are collected as Feamainn Bhealtine (1961). His awards include the An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council Awards (1964 and 1971); the Butler Prize, with Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (1967); the Ossian Prize for Poetry, FVS Foundation, Hamburg (1977). He was a member of Aosdána.
Carraig agus cathair: Ó Direáin is a recent (2002) biography. Its title ('Rock and City') refers to Ó Direáin's journey from his native rocky island to Dublin, where he lived most of his life.
