Iain Moireach

{{Short description|Iain Moireach, a Scottish Gaelic writer of various poetries, screenplays and short stories}}

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Iain Moireach (John Murray) (27 March 1938 – 17 November 2018){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/naidheachdan/46252845|title=Iain Moireach, 1938 - 2018|newspaper=Naidheachdan A' BHBC |date=18 November 2018|publisher=|via=www.bbc.com}} was a Scottish Gaelic writer from Barvas, Isle of Lewis.{{cite news|title=Iain Moireach - Dealbhan co-cheangailte ris a' phrògram - Càirdean agus caraidean a' cuimhneachadh air Tormod, Tormod a' Bhocsair - BBC Radio nan Gàidheal|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03d8m92/p03d8llb|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=BBC}}{{cite book|last1=S.|first1=MacPherson, Iain|title="Briseadh na Cloiche air Oir an Fhàsaich: Iain Moireach agus Albert Camus" ("Breaking the Stone on the Desert's Edge: John Murray and Albert Camus")|date=2012|url=http://uir.ulster.ac.uk/22645/|accessdate=3 July 2017}} He wrote poetry, screenplays, and short stories.{{cite web|title=Mas Math mo Chuimhne – Iain Moireach « Clì Gàidhlig|url=http://www.cli.org.uk/gaelic/mas-math-mo-chuimhne-iain-moireach/|website=www.cli.org.uk|accessdate=3 July 2017}}{{cite news|title=LearnGaelic - Watch Gaelic - New Videos|url=https://www.learngaelic.net/watch/index.jsp?v=thuige_seo_s2_iain_moireach&lang=gd|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=www.learngaelic.net}}

He published many short stories in the Gaelic magazines Gairm and Gath.{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Moray|title=Introduction to Gaelic Fiction|date=2011|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9780748636655|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAmrBgAAQBAJ&q=Iain+Moireach&pg=PA132|accessdate=3 July 2017|language=en}}

Life

Moireach was born in Barvas, Lewis. He was educated at the Nicolson Institute and at the University of Edinburgh.Dòmhnall Iain MacLeòid (ed). He taught at a school in Musselburgh. He was the editor for Comunn nan Leabhraichean since 1969.

He was the son of Finlay and Jessie Anne Murray (née MacLeod), and married his wife Nora Murray (Borve, Isle of Lewis) on 29 July 1968. Nora died on 5 April 2010.

=Notable short stories=

'Am Bucas'
'Am Partaidh'
'[http://www.ansgeulachdghoirid.co.uk/stories.aspx?ID=5 Briseadh na Cloiche] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040155/http://www.ansgeulachdghoirid.co.uk/stories.aspx?ID=5 |date=5 March 2016 }}'
'Dà mhionad, no Fracas'
'An Dealachadh'
[http://www.ansgeulachdghoirid.co.uk/stories.aspx?ID=4 'Feòil a' Gheamhraidh'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035356/http://www.ansgeulachdghoirid.co.uk/stories.aspx?ID=4 |date=5 March 2016 }}
'Mo Chrannchur'