Séamus Ó Néill
Séamus Ó Néill,, was an Irish writer from Clarkhill Castlewellan, County Down, Ireland. Following a primary degree from Queen's University, Belfast, he did historical research under Eoin MacNeill at University College, Dublin. He spent periods as editor of the journals An Iris and Comhar.
The endpiece from Dánta do pháistí, entitled "Subh Milis", a poem dedicated to his mother, is his best-known work, and one of the Irish language texts most frequently referenced in English language media
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Two of his novels, Tonn Tuile and Máire Nic Artáin, dealt with marital breakdown - the first set during The Emergency and the latter in the religiously divided communities of Belfast during the First World War.
Works
- An Sean-Saighdiúir agus scéalta eile, 1945.
- An iris/eagarth, 1945–1946.
- Colm Cille : drama i gceithre radharcanna, 1946.
- Tonn tuile, Novel, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1947.
- Dánta Poems, pre-1949;
- Iomramh an Ousel, Poems, pre-1949;
- Buaidh an Ultaigh, Drama, pre-1949;
- Díolta Faoina Luach, Drama, pre-1949;
- Ní Chuireann siad Síol, Drama, pre-1949;
- Dánta do pháistí, 1949.
- Súil timpeall, Essay, 1951.
- Up the Rebels, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1954. Trans. Doiminic Ó Ceallaigh.
- Ag baint fraochán : agus scéalta eile, 1955.
- Máire Nic Artáin, Novel, Cló Morainn, 1959.
- Iníon Rí Dhún Sobhairce : tragóid trí ghníomh, 1967.
- Faill ar an bhFeart : dráma trí ghníomh, 1967.
- An tSiúr Pól : dráma trí ghníomh, c.1973.
- Rún an Oileáin, pub. c.1975. Staged in the Damer Theatre, Dublin 5–10 June 1961.
- Iníon rí na Spáinne, 1978.
Critical and bibliographic material
- The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, Welch, R., The Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1996.
- A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers, Anne Brady & Brian Cleeve, The Lilliput Press, 1985.
- Dictionary of Ulster Biography, in Newmann, K., The Queen's University of Belfast, 1993.