The fourth new group of portraits in Stage 2 is launched
8 October 2020
The fourth group of new Portraits in Stage 2 of the project are launched at a special online occasion
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 was launched at a special online occasion at facebook.com/portraidi , and the list for 2020 is as follows:
- Áine Durkin: poet, composer and blogger
- Áine Uí Fhoghlú: poet and children’s writer
- Declan Collinge: poet and essayist
- Gary Hastings: translator
- Jackie Mac Donncha: short story writer, poet and novelist
- Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha: Professor of Old and Middle Irish, NUI Galway, and academic writer
- Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin: composer and academic writer
- Seán Ó Coileáin: Former Professor of Modern Irish, University College Cork, and academic writer
The panel comprising of Lára Ní Mhaoláin, Caoimhín Ó Peatáin, Máirín Seoighe, and Seán Ó Mainnín underlook the work this year in Stage 2 of the project.