Barra Ó Donnabháin
{{Short description|Irish-American writer and Irish language promotor}}
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Barra Ó Donnabháin (1941–2003) was a columnist with the New York Irish Echo newspaper. His weekly article in Irish entitled Macalla spoke of the Irish language and its people in Ireland and the United States.Súil Siar, pp. 11-12. A selection of his articles were edited and translated by Hilary Mhic Suibhne and Eibhlín Zurell in a volume entitled Súil Siar: Cnuasach Aistí le Barra Ó Donnabháin (2008). He also wrote for Treoir, the magazine of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, as well, as the newspapers Foinse and Saol. He would read out his Irish language column from the Irish Echo on the weekly radio program Míle Fáilte on WFUV.Súil Siar, p. 298. He also taught Irish at the weekends, organized by Daltaí na Gaeilge.
Born in West Cork, Ireland, Barra Ó Donnabháin immigrated to the United States in 1963 where he worked as a software engineer.
Barra Ó Donnabháin Commemorative Lectures
In 2006, the Glucksman Ireland House of New York University established the Annual Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture in honor of his memory and contribution to the Irish language community. The inaugural lecture in 2006 was given by Prof. Tomás Ó hÍde.{{cite web|url=http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/barra.html |title=Glucksman Ireland House |publisher=Irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu |date=2021-11-02 |accessdate=2021-12-16}} A sample of subsequent speakers in the years that followed have included Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D.,{{cite web|url=http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ne.barra2008 |title=Glucksman Ireland House |publisher=Irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu |date=2021-11-02 |accessdate=2021-12-16}} Padraic Ó Ciardha,{{cite web|url=http://www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ajis9 |title=Glucksman Ireland House |publisher=Irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu |date=2021-11-02 |accessdate=2021-12-16}} Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill,{{cite web|url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/n/NiDhomhnaill_N/life.htm|title = Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill|website=www.ricorso.net}} Prof. Alan Titley,{{Cite journal|jstor = 23595039|title = The Hidden History of Irish Ireland: An stair nach n-instear|journal = American Journal of Irish Studies|volume = 10|pages = 75–91|last1 = Titley|first1 = Alan|year = 2013}} Dr. Louis de Paor,{{Cite web |url=http://www.gaelport.com/default.aspx?treeid=163&EventItemID=2078 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-03-06 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220064606/http://www.gaelport.com/default.aspx?treeid=163&EventItemID=2078 |url-status=dead }} Prof. Brian Ó Conchubhair,{{cite web|url=https://nuacht1.com/alt/24836|title="Ó Chúirt an Mheán Oíche go Cré na Cille: Greann na Gaeilge" – léacht Áras Glucksman / Nuacht24 — Nuacht1.com|website=nuacht1.com}} and Prof. Breandán Mac Suibhne.{{cite web|url=http://nyta.us/event/barra-o-donnabhain-lecture-breandan-mac-suibhne/|title=Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture: Breandán Mac Suibhne|date=30 January 2016}}
References
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- Ó Donnabháin, Barra, Súil Siar: Cnuasach Aistí le Barra Ó Donnabháin, Hilary Mhic Suibhne and Eibhlín Zurell (eds.). Daltaí na Gaeilge 2008
External links
- [http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/odonnabhain2017.html 2017 Lecture]
- [http://as.nyu.edu/irelandhouse/events/spring-2018/13th-annual-barra-o-donnabhain-lecture--ambassador-daniel-mulhal.html 2018 Lecture]
- [http://as.nyu.edu/irelandhouse/events/Spring2019/annual-barra-o-donnabhain-lecture--dr--art-hughes.html 2019 Lecture]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd0Qlages78 2020 Lecture]
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Category:Irish-language writers
Category:Linguists from Ireland
Category:Irish language activists
Category:20th-century Irish people
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