Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (2 February 194229 August 2013) was an Irish writer and musician. He wrote exclusively in the

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, and is best known for his autobiography, . He was the father of the television presenter

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Life

Ó Sé was born in Carrachán,

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, in 1942. He was the son of a fisherman from Baile na nGall called Dainín Dan Ó Sé and his wife from an Daingean, Máire Ní Chinnéide. In 1958, at the age of 16, Maidhc moved to England for a while, before moving to

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in 1959. He returned to Ireland in 1969. His writings were used as part of the Irish-language element of the Leaving Certificate in Irish state education, as a replacement for '' Peig'' from 1995.

Writings

Autobiography

* ''A Thig Ná Tit Orm'' ("House Don't Fall on Me"; Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1987)

Fiction

* ''Corcán na dTrí gCos'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1988) * ''Tae le tae'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1990) * ''Chicago driver'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1992) * ''Dochtúir na bPiast'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1993) * ''Greenhorn'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997) * ''Madraí na nocht gcos'' (Baile Atha Cliath: Coisceim 1998) * ''Mair, a chapaill'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1999) * ''Is glas iad na cnoic'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997) * ''Lilí Frainc'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2001) * ''Mura mBuafam - Suatham'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2003) * ''Idir dhá lios'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2005) * ''Nuadha agus Breoghan ar neamh'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2006) * ''Binn Éadair'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2006) * ''Seán Óg Máirtín'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2007) * ''Lucinda Sly: úrscéal stairiúil'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2008) * ''Cara go brách: Úrscéal'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2010)

Poetry

* ''Citeal na stoirme'' (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1991)

Music

* ''Ó Chicago go Carrachán'' ( Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1999) * ''Ó Thuaidh - Traditional Song and Music from West Kerry''

References

External links

Interview
with Ó Sé on TG4 {{DEFAULTSORT:O Se, Maidhc Dainin 1942 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Irish musicians 20th-century Irish writers 21st-century Irish writers 21st-century Irish male writers People from the Dingle Peninsula Irish-language writers Musicians from County Kerry