Seosamh Ó Cuaig is a native

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

speaker and activist and member of

Galway County Council Galway County Council ( ga, Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe) is the authority responsible for local government in County Galway, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housin ...

from Connemara,

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. In 1969 he helped found

Coiste Cearta Síbialta na Gaeilge Gluaiseacht Cearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta (English: "The Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement") or Coiste Cearta Síbialta na Gaeilge (English: Irish Language Civil Rights Committee"), was a pressure group campaigning for social, economic and cultu ...

, together with members of

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. He is a member of

Údarás na Gaeltachta Údarás na Gaeltachta (; meaning "Gaeltacht Authority"), abbreviated UnaG, is a regional state agency which is responsible for the economic, social and cultural development of Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) regions of Ireland. Its stated purpose is t ...

, having served from 1989 to 1994, and re-elected in 1999. He works as a journalist and broadcaster with

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (; "Radio of the Gaeltacht"), abbreviated RnaG, is an Irish language radio station owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Intern ...

. He has been involved in the production of a number of documentaries in Irish for film and television. Often described as an

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Republican

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, he helped organise the James Connolly Forum in Galway. He has campaigned against the Lisbon Treaty and for the preservation and development of the cottage in

Ros Muc Rosmuc or Ros Muc, sometimes anglicised as Rosmuck, is a village in the Conamara Gaeltacht of County Galway, Ireland. It lies halfway between the town of Clifden and the city of Galway. Irish is the predominant spoken language in the area, with ...

used by

Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; ga, Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who ...

. He has also spoken in favour of the

Rossport Five The Rossport Five ( ga, Cúigear Ros Dumhach) are Willie Corduff, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Micheál Ó Seighin and James Brendan Philbin, from Kilcommon parish, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. In 2005, they were jailed for civil contem ...

and the

Shell to Sea Shell to Sea ( ga, Shell chun Sáile) is an Irish organisation based in the parish of Kilcommon in Erris, County Mayo. It opposes the proposed construction of a natural gas pipeline through the parish, as well as the ongoing construction—by ...

campaign. Adhmhaidin - Seosamh Ó Cuaig
RTÉ Podcast, Dé Máirt 12 Bealtaine 2009 Cllr. Ó Cuaig is also a patron of the People's Movement. Seosamh was re-elected to Galway County Council for the Connemara electoral area in the 2009 local elections.

External links

Seosamh Ó Cuaig An Ghaeltacht Webpage Seosamh Ó Cuaig Facebook Page

References

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