Liam Mac Con Iomaire (1937, Casla, County Galway – 5 May 2019)[1] was a highly respected Irish writer, journalist and broadcaster.

He was a newsreader on RTÉ. He was author of a number of books and some translations, mainly concerning Connemara, as well as landmark Irish language biographies of Breandán Ó hEithir and Seosamh Ó hÉanaí.[2] He was the father of musician, Colm Mac Con Iomaire.[3][4]

Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson won the 2016 Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work for Graveyard Clay / Cré na Cille: A Narrative in Ten Interludes, by Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Yale University Press, 2016).[5]

Bibliography

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  • Ireland of the Proverb (with Bill Doyle), Rinehart Publishers, 1995.
  • Conamara:The Unknown Country (with Bob Quinn), Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 1997.
  • Breandán Ó hEithir: Iomramh Aonair, Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 2000.
  • Controller's Report Yearbook 2002, Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, 2003.
  • Seosamh Ó hÉanaí: Nár fhagha mé bás choíche, Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 2007.
  • Graveyard Clay (with Tim Robinson), Yale University Press, 2015. (Translated from the original Máirtín Ó Cadhain novel Cré na Cille).

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References

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  1. ^ "Writer, broadcaster and academic Liam Mac Con Iomaire dies". The Irish Times. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ "PlayographyIreland – Liam Mac Con Iomaire". Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Death of writer, broadcaster Liam Mac Con Iomaire". 6 May 2019 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Liam Mac Con Iomaire – duine de mhórGhaeil na hÉireann agus fear uasal ar shlí na fírinne". Tuairisc.ie.
  5. ^ "Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work Winners".
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