# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sean-o-riordain
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:23:20.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sean-o-riordain"
name: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
slug: "sean-o-riordain"
description: "Seán Pádraig Ó Ríordáin, sometimes referred to as an Ríordánach, was an Irish language poet and later a newspaper columnist. He is credited with introducing European themes to Irish poetry, and is widely regarded as one of the best Irish language poets of the 20th century."
tagline: "Irish poet (1916-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in_-_Bust.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-12-03"
deathDate: "1977-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.411988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3811209"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_R%C3%ADord%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Ríordáin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3322192"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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