Séamas Mac Annaidh
Séamas Mac Annaidh is a writer, broadcaster and historian who spoke at the first William Carleton Summer school in 1992. He has published fifteen books since 1982 when his first novel, Cuaifeach Mo Lon Dubh Bui appeared. His latest Ar ais go Keriolet was published in March. His novels in Irish have now been translated into many other languages. He has been Writer in Residence in several universities, most recently in UCG. He was a founder of the Fermanagh Authors’ Association and has edited The Fermanagh Miscellany, their yearly collection of new writings from Fermanagh. His work, Fermanagh Books, Writers and Newspapers of the Nineteenth Century (1999) is a valued reference for many of the county’s lesser known writers. He is married to violist Joy Beatty and they live in Belcoo.
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