Máirtín Ó Direáin
Máirtín Ó Direáin | |
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| Born | 29 November 1910 Inis Mór, County Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 19 March 1988 (aged 77) Dublin, Ireland |
| Resting place | Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin |
| Pen name | Ruaidhrí Beag |
| Occupation | poet, writer |
| Language | Irish (Connacht Irish) |
| Literary movement | Modern literature in Irish |
| Years active | 1949–1986 |
| Notable works | Rogha Dánta and Ó Mórna agus Dánta Eile |
| Spouse | Áine Colivet (m. 1945–1976, her death) |
| Children | 1 |
Máirtín Ó Direáin ([ˈmˠaːɾˠtʲiːnʲ oː ˈdʲɪɾʲaːnʲ]; 29 November 1910 – 19 March 1988) was an Irish poet from the Aran Islands Gaeltacht. Along with Seán Ó Ríordáin and Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Ó Direáin was, in the words of Louis de Paor, "one of a trinity of poets who revolutionised Irish language poetry in the 1940s and 50s." According to a 1984 lecture by Desmond Egan, "Ó Direáin's genius stands revealed - to the extent that we must look abroad for poets with whom his achievement might best be compared; to Spain and Antonio Machado's sweet intensity; to Russia and Akhmatova; to Germany and the bittersweet music of Heinrich Heine."