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Máirtín Ó Cadhain

1906 - 1970

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Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Irish pronunciation: [ˈmˠaːɾˠtʲiːnʲ oː ˈkəinʲ]; 20 January 1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century. Perhaps best known for his 1949 novel Cré na Cille, Ó Cadhain played a key role in reintroducing literary modernism into modern literature in Irish, where it had been dormant since the 1916 execution of Patrick Pearse. Politically, Ó Cadhain was an Irish republican and anti-clerical Marxist, who promoted the Athghabháil na hÉireann ("Re-Conquest of Ireland"), (meaning both decolonization and re-Gaelicisation). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Máirtín Ó Cadhain has received more than 103,925 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Máirtín Ó Cadhain is the 5,714th most popular writer (down from 4,782nd in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 235th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Máirtín Ó Cadhain ranks 5,714 out of 5,755. Before him are Edith Hamilton, James Truslow Adams, John Scalzi, Dorothy Richardson, Didier Van Cauwelaert, and Vigdis Hjorth. After him are Antjie Krog, Brigitte Kronauer, Charles Eastman, Nicole Krauss, Thomas Linacre, and Charles Olson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Máirtín Ó Cadhain ranks 363. Before him are John Betjeman, Diana Wynyard, Edward Akufo-Addo, Buddy Adler, Oscar Levant, and Irving Jaffee. After him are Ted Morgan, S. I. Hayakawa, Alfredo Pitto, Luis Marín, Márton Homonnai, and Bunny Austin. Among people deceased in 1970, Máirtín Ó Cadhain ranks 231. Before him are Okuro Oikawa, Marjorie Rambeau, Booker Ervin, John T. Scopes, Earl Hooker, and William Daniels. After him are Maurice Stokes, Charles Olson, Preston Foster, William Beaudine, Earl Eby, and Chester Morris.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Máirtín Ó Cadhain ranks 315 out of 501. Before him are George Salmon (1819), John Joly (1857), Roddy Doyle (1958), Robert Emmet (1778), John McKenna (1855), and Tom Kiely (1869). After him are Edward Barrett (1877), Albert Reynolds (1932), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Ronan Keating (1977), Ray McAnally (1926), and Johnny Giles (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Máirtín Ó Cadhain ranks 47. Before him are Cecelia Ahern (1981), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Frank Harris (1856), Colum McCann (1965), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), and Roddy Doyle (1958). After him are Nahum Tate (1652), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Anne Enright (1962), Emma Donoghue (1969), Sally Rooney (1991), and Thomas MacDonagh (1878).

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