# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/proinsias-mac-aonghusa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:49:18.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/proinsias-mac-aonghusa"
name: "Proinsias Mac Aonghusa"
slug: "proinsias-mac-aonghusa"
description: "Proinsias Mac Aonghusa was an Irish journalist, writer, TV presenter and campaigner. Born into an Irish-speaking household, Mac Aonghusa became one of the most noted Irish language broadcasters and journalists of the 20th century, appearing as the presenter of Irish-language programming for RTÉ, UTV and BBC and as a journalist for newspapers both domestic and international. Influenced by family friends Peadar O'Donnell and Máirtín Ó Cadhain as well as his own parents growing up, Mac Aonghusa pursued Irish republican and socialist politics as an adult and was heavily involved in the Labour Party during the 1960s, at one point serving as its vice-chairman. However, Mac Aonghusa's engagement in factionalism and infighting saw him expelled in 1967. Following the Arms Crisis of 1970, Mac Aonghusa became an ardent supporter of Charles Haughey, a relationship which later proved highly beneficial to Mac Aonghusa when Haughey gained control over Fianna Fáil in the 1980s and appointed Mac Aonghusa to a number of state-run positions. A prolific writer throughout his life, Mac Aonghusa continued to publish books up until his death."
tagline: "Irish writer and activist (1933-2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/Proinsias_Mac_Aonghusa.jpg/330px-Proinsias_Mac_Aonghusa.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1933-06-23"
deathDate: "2003-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.872678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Proinsias Mac Aonghusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "پروينسياس ماك اونجوسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias_Mac_Aonghusa"
    title: "Proinsias Mac Aonghusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias_Mac_Aonghusa"
    title: "Proinsias Mac Aonghusa"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias_Mac_Aonghusa"
    title: "Proinsias Mac Aonghusa"
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  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias_Mac_Aonghusa"
    title: "Proinsias Mac Aonghusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7248931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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