# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mairtin-o-direain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:57:33.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mairtin-o-direain"
name: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
slug: "mairtin-o-direain"
description: "Máirtín Ó Direáin 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.\""
tagline: "Irish poet (1910-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%93_M%C3%B3rna_agus_D%C3%A1nta_Eile.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1910-11-29"
deathDate: "1988-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.82376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مايرتين او ديرياين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_O'D%C3%ADre%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín O'Díreáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_O'D%C3%ADre%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín O'Díreáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Dire%C3%A1in"
    title: "Máirtín Ó Direáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump