The first group of new portraits in Stage 2 are launched
17 November 2017
The first group of Portraits in Stage 2 of the project are launched at a special occasion in the new Headquarters of Foras na Gaeilge
New writers in Stage 2
Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge is a multi-annual, multi-stage project. In the first stage of the project, the book and website based on the original archive of portraits has been made available to the public. In the second stage of the project, new additional portraits are being added to the collection on an annual basis, so that the archive of living Irish-language writers can be made as complete as possible over time. A series of eight portraits/eight new writers were launched at a special occasion in new Headquarters of Foras na Gaeilge, and the list for 2017 is as follows:
- Bríd Ní Mhóráin: poet
- Darach Mac Con Iomaire: playwright and scriptwriter
- Darach Ó Scolaí: novelist
- Joe Steve Ó Neachtain: short story writer, playwright, poet and novelist
- Máire Nic Mhaoláin: translator and editor
- Orna Ní Choileáin: novelist, children’s writer, short story writer and playwright
- Regina Uí Chollatáin: Head of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore in University College Dublin, and academic writer
- Tadhg Ó Dúshláine: Former senior lecturer in Modern Irish in Maynooth University, poet and academic writer
Seán Ó Coinn, Chief Executive of Foras na Gaeilge, launched the portraits and the panel comprising of Lára Ní Mhaoláin, Máirín Seoighe, Ronan Doherty and Seán Ó Mainnín underlook the work this year in Stage 2 of the project.
Seán Ó Coinn, Chief Executive, Foras na Gaeilge together with Dr Liam Mac Amhlaigh, Editor, Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge
Cathal Brugha & Regina Uí Chollatáin
Joe Steve Ó Neachtain in the company of Liam Mac an Iomaire, Bairbre Mhic an Iomaire and Máire Nic Mhaoláin