Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (2 February 194229 August 2013) was an Irish writer and musician. He wrote exclusively in the Irish language, and is best known for his autobiography, . He was the father of the television presenter Dáithí Ó Sé.
Life Ó Sé was born in Carrachán, County Kerry, in 1942. He was the son of a fisherman from Baile na nGall called Dainín Dan Ó Sé and his wife from an Daingean, Máire Ní Chinnéide. In 1958, at the age of 16, Maidhc moved to England for a while, before moving to Chicago in 1959. He returned to Ireland in 1969.
His writings were used as part of the Irish-language element of the Leaving Certificate in Irish state education, as a replacement for Peig from 1995.
Writings Autobiography A Thig Ná Tit Orm ("House Don't Fall on Me"; Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1987)
Fiction Corcán na dTrí gCos (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1988) Tae le tae (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1990) Chicago driver (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1992) Dochtúir na bPiast (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1993) Greenhorn (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997) Madraí na nocht gcos (Baile Atha Cliath: Coisceim 1998) Mair, a chapaill (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1999) Is glas iad na cnoic (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997) Lilí Frainc (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2001) Mura mBuafam - Suatham (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2003) Idir dhá lios (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2005) Nuadha agus Breoghan ar neamh (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2006) Binn Éadair (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2006) Seán Óg Máirtín (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2007) Lucinda Sly: úrscéal stairiúil (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2008) Cara go brách: Úrscéal (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2010)
Poetry Citeal na stoirme (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1991)
Music Ó Chicago go Carrachán (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1999) Ó Thuaidh - Traditional Song and Music from West Kerry
References
External links Interview with Ó Sé on TG4