Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair (9 December 1943 – 10 July 2015) was an
Irish actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
who portrayed the character Seamus Mhicil Tom on the Irish
drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
, ''
Ros na Rún
() is an Irish soap opera produced for the Irish-language television channel TG4. The series is set in a fictional village called Ros na Rún, located near to An Spidéal, where the series is filmed. It focuses on the domestic and professional ...
''.
He appeared from the pilot in 1996 up until the show's nineteenth season. His prior acting was in amateur drama, and he also acted in two short films and a documentary about his life. His pastimes included fishing and wood carving. He listed
Pól Ó Foighil
Pól Ó Foighil (1 June 1928 – 21 March 2005) was an Irish politician and activist for Irish-speaking, coastal and island communities. A teacher turned co-operative manager, he was an active member of the Fine Gael party, and as a long-servi ...
and
Johnny Chóil Mhaidhc as "People who have influenced me the most".
See also
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Nestor (surname)
Nestor is, apart from a given name, also found as a surname borne by Irish people, Irish and Estonians.
In Ireland, it was derived as a shortened form of ''Mac Girr an Adhastair'', meaning ''son of the short man of the bridle''. It was sometimes s ...
References
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Ros Na Rún - Cast(archived 2007)
Male actors from County Galway
20th-century Irish male actors
2015 deaths
1943 births
Irish male film actors
Irish male soap opera actors
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