Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa is an

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poet, magazine editor and language activist. He was born in Ballineen in

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in 1947. He graduated from

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in 1970 with a BA in Irish, history and philosophy and obtained a Higher Diploma in Education from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1971. He has worked both as a primary and secondary teacher, and in 1978 helped found a

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, Scoil Lán-Ghaeilge Mhic Easmainn, in

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. He has been active in the promotion of Irish and in 2008 was elected as President of the

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.Irish Writers Online-Mac Fhearghusa, Pádraig http://www.irishwriters-online.com/mac-fhearghusa-padraig/ He held this post until 2011, when Donnchadh Ó hAodha was elected. He has won recognition as a poet. His collection ''Mearcair'' won the

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National Poetry Prize in 1996, and another collection, ''An Dara Bás'', won the same prize in 2002. He has contributed two poems to the Irish Poetry Reading Archive: 'An Teaghlach Naofa agus Naomh Eoin i dTírdhreach' and 'Eibhlinn'.Irish Poetry Reading Archive-Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa http://libguides.ucd.ie/ipra/readingsmton He was for decades the editor of the Irish language literary monthly Feasta.

Published work

* ''Faoi Léigear'' (An Clóchomhar Tta.,1980) * ''Mearcair'' (

Coiscéim Coiscéim (; "Footstep") is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, historian and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. With over 1,500 titles Coiscéim have published the largest number of titles amongst the 2 ...

1996) * ''An Dara Bás'' (Coiscéim, 2002) * ''Tóraíocht an Mhíshonais'' (The Pursuit of Unhappiness), an introduction to

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and

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(Coiscéim, 1997)

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External links

''Feasta'' website
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