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.
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A plaque in Inniscarra, County Cork commemorating the house in which Ó Ríordáin lived the majority of his adult life. Below is a line from his poem Fill Arís, which roughly translates as "It is not natural for anyone to abandon his house or his tribe".
A bust of Ó Ríordáin in University College Cork.Writers born in the 1910s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 1977 · aged 60
Written about in
7 languages
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