Cathal Ó Searcaigh

Cathal Ó Searcaigh

Infobox Writer
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birthdate = birth date|1956|7|12|mf=y
birthplace = Gort an Choirce, Donegal, Ireland
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occupation = Poet

Cathal Ó Searcaigh (IPAga|ˈkahəlˠ ɔ ˈʃaɾˠki; born 1956) is an Irish poet who writes in the Irish language (specifically the Ulster dialect).

Ó Searcaigh was born in Gort an Choirce, a town in the Gaeltacht region of Donegal, and lives at the foot of Mount Errigal. He is openly gay.citation |title=Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader |first=David |last=Pierce |year=2000 |publisher=Cork University Press |isbn=1859182585 |page=1183]

Poetry works

His collections of poetry include "Homecoming/An Bealach 'na Bhaile" (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1993); "Na Buachaillí Bána" (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1995); "Out in the Open" (translations by Frank Sewell, Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1997); "Ag Tnúth leis an tSolas" (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2001) - for which he received The Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for the Irish language, in 2001; "Gúrú i gClúidíní" ('Guru in Nappies') (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2006).

The poems "Níl Aon Ní" and "Maigdiléana" have featured on the Leaving Certificate examination of Irish, though they may be removed pending an investigation following public furore over his sexual relationships with young men in Nepal. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0220/osearcaigh.html "Ó Searcaigh poems may be taken off curriculum"]

Plays include "Mairimid leis na Mistéirí"; "Tá an Tóin ag Titim as an tSaol"; "Oíche Dhrochghealaí", based on the story of Salomé (Letterkenny, An Grianán, 2001).

Connections to Nepal

His first prose work, "Seal i Neipeal", an account of his time in Nepal, was published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 2004.

Ó Searcaigh sponsors the education of many boys in Nepal and has an informally adopted son from this country. In 1998, an entry visa was granted by the Irish government to Prem Timalsina, a Nepali friend of Ó Searcaigh. Subsequently Timalsina was informally adopted by the poet. [Irish Mail on Sunday 10 February 2008, pp.1-2, 4-6, 16.] The young man is again living in Nepal, where he has a son of his own whom Ó Searcaigh views as his grandson, and to whom he has addressed several poems. [County Donegal on the Net News. Vol.8 No.2 February, 2007 [http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/nw74.html] ]

"Fairytale of Kathmandu" controversy

In 2008, "Fairytale of Kathmandu" [cite web
url=http://www.fairytaleofkathmandu.com/
title=Fairytale of Kathmandu web site
author=Neasa Ní Chianaín
publisher=Vinegar Hill Productions
] , a documentary that focussed on his charitable work in Nepal, included footage of Ó Searcaigh bringing young men into his room for the night, and his later comment that he has sexual relations with them.

The premise of the film is that although the poet's actions were legal in Nepal, nevertheless the relationship was an exploitative one akin to or equal to sex tourism.

Awards

Ó Searcaigh was awarded the Seán Ó Riordáin Prize for Poetry in 1993 and the Duais Bhord na Gaeilge in 1995. He is a member of Aosdána and in 2006 won The American Ireland Fund Literary Award.

References


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