Pádraig àSiochfhradha (; 10 March 1883 â 19 November 1964) and his brother MÃÂcheál àSiochfhradha were Irish language writers, teachers and storytellers, from Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.
Pádraig àSiochfhradha wrote under the Irish pen-name (; "The Hawk"; contemporary spelling An Seaá¸Âac). His most famous book is the semi-autobiographical comedy JimÃÂn Mháire Thaidhg, published in 1919, which follows JimÃÂn's childhood under the control of his powerful mother, Máire. ÃÂSiochfhradha became an active organiser for the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and was imprisoned three times for his activities.
He was an independent member of Seanad ÃÂireann from 1946 to 1948, 1951 to 1954, and 1957 to 1964, being nominated by the Taoiseach on each occasion. He was secretary to the Irish Manuscripts Commission from October 1928 to October 1932.
The Irish postal service, An Post, released a 26 pence postage stamp on 7 April 1983 bearing a portrait of ÃÂSiochfhradha to commemorate the centenary of his birth.
Books
- Pádraig àSiochfhradha (An Seabhac), An Baile seo 'gainn-ne: Cnuasach Sgéal n-ÃÂrnua, Cónnradh na Gaedhilge: Cló-Chuallacht Fódhla (1913)
- An Seabhac (Pádraig àSiochfhradha), JimÃÂn Mháire Thaidhg, Comhlucht Oideachais na hÃÂireann (Educational Company of Ireland) (1919)
- An Seabhac, JimÃÂn .i. eagrán scoile de "JimÃÂn Mháire Thaidhg" [JimÃÂn i.e., a school edition of "JimÃÂn Mháire Thaidhg"], Comhlucht Oideachais na hÃÂireann (Educational Company of Ireland) (1921)
- An Seabhac, Learner's English-Irish dictionary: for use in schools and colleges and by students in general, Comhlucht Oideachais na hÃÂireann (Educational Company of Ireland) (1923)
- An Seabhac, Seanfhocail na Muimhneach, Comhlucht Oideachais na hÃÂireann (Educational Company of Ireland) (1926)
- An Seabhac (ed.) Tóraidheacht an Ghiolla Dheacair agus a Chapaill, Comhlucht Oideachais na hÃÂireann (Educational Company of Ireland) (1939)
- An Seabhac (ed.) Tóraidheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne, Comhlucht Oideachais na hÃÂireann (Educational Company of Ireland) (1939)
- An Seabhac (ed.) Laoithe na Féinne: Ceithre Laoithe agus TràFichid den bhFiannaigheacht, Dublin: Talbot Press (1941).
- An Seabhac, Seanfhocail na Mumhan [Seanfhocail na Muimhneach (1926) translated into Dublin standard Irish and expanded] by Pádraig Ua Maoileoin: An Gum (1984),
- Pádraig àSiochfhradha, Jimeen: An Irish Comic Classic, [an English translation of JimÃÂn Mháire Thaidhg], translated by ÃÂde NàLaoghaire and Peter Fallon, Dublin: O'Brien Press (1984)
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