How to Pronounce Máirtín Ó Direáin
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Nov 29, 1910 Inishmore, Connacht, Ireland Died on 19 Mar 1988 (aged 77)
Irish poet
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About Máirtín Ó Direáin
- Máirtín Ó Direáin (['m?a???t?i?n? o? 'd????a?n?]; 29 November 1910 – 19 March 1988) was an Irish poet who is widely held to be one of the foremost Irish language poets of the twentieth century.
- A native of the Aran Islands Gaeltacht, Ó Direáin later spent time working in Galway and Dublin, where he upheld a connection to Gaelic affairs through Conradh na Gaeilge and Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe.
- A significant theme of his poetic works deals with the tensions between the urban and rural, modernity and tradition, the English-speaking world and Gaeldom.
