Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta
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Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta, Irish
actress on Irish language
drama
Ros na Rún
.
while at National School. She later acted in the Drama Society at NUIG. She has studied under Stanislavski's system. Her credits include The Field
, a dramatisation of Cré na Cille (based on the novel
by Máirtín Ó Cadhain
) and a production of The Merchant of Venice
.
Her pastimes include woodturning
, writing
and basketball
. She is the niece of actor Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta
, who portrays Coilín in Ros na Rún.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
actress on Irish language
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Ros na Rún
Ros na Rún
Ros na Rún is an Irish soap opera produced for Irish language TV channel TG4. It broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week.It airs in Ireland, Scotland and the United States.-Show history:...
.
Biography
Ní Fhlatharta plays the part of Bernie Seoige (Ní Neachtain). She has been a member of the cast since the pilot episode in 1992. Her first acting experience was playing NiamhNiamh
In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of Manannán mac Lir. She is one of the Queens of Tir na nÓg, and might also be the daughter of Fand....
while at National School. She later acted in the Drama Society at NUIG. She has studied under Stanislavski's system. Her credits include The Field
The Field
The Field is a play written by John B. Keane, first performed in 1965. It tells the story of the hardened farmer "Bull" McCabe and his love for the land he rents. The play debuted at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 1965, with Ray McAnally as "The Bull" and Eamon Keane as "The Bird" O'Donnell. The play...
, a dramatisation of Cré na Cille (based on the novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Máirtín Ó Cadhain was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century.-Career:Born in Connemara, he became a schoolteacher but was dismissed due to his IRA membership. In the 1930s he served as an IRA recruiting officer, enlisting fellow writer Brendan Behan...
) and a production of The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
.
Her pastimes include woodturning
Woodturning
Woodturning is a form of woodworking that is used to create wooden objects on a lathe . Woodturning differs from most other forms of woodworking in that the wood is moving while a stationary tool is used to cut and shape it...
, writing
Writing
Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.Writing most likely...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. She is the niece of actor Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta
Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta
Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta, Irish actor.Ó Flaithearta portrays Cóilín Ó Catháin on the Irish language drama, Ros na Rún. He is a native of Carraroe, and has been acting since the 1960s, appearing in the 1978 TV production of Poteen....
, who portrays Coilín in Ros na Rún.
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