Career

Born in Dublin in 1952, Liam Mac Cóil lives in the Gaeltacht

Gaeltacht

is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, the Gaeltacht, or an Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...

 of Ráth Cairn, County Meath

County Meath

County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...

. He has written three novels, An Dochtúir Áthas (Doctor Joy), An Claíomh Solais

An Claíomh Solais

Irish language novelist Liam Mac Cóil's second novel,An Claíomh Solais, is set in the Co. Meath Gaeltacht of Ráth Cairn.An Claíomh Solais is set in the Co...

(The Sword of Light), and Fontenoy

Fontenoy (novel)

Published in 2005, Fontenoy is the third novel by the Irish novelist Liam Mac Cóil, and a winner of the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin award in 2006....

, as well as a writer's journal, Nótaí ón Lár (Notes from the Centre), all published by Leabhar Breac. He is co-editor of the literary annual Bliainiris, and director of the publishing house, Carbad. He published a work of personal reflections on the composer Charles Villiers Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer who was particularly notable for his choral music. He was professor at the Royal College of Music and University of Cambridge.- Life :...

 called An Chláirseach agus an Choróin in 2010. He has had work published in Comhar

Comhar

Comhar is a prominent literary journal in the Irish language, published by the company Comhar Teoranta. It was founded in 1942, and has published work by some of the most notable writers in Irish, including Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Seán Ó Ríordáin, Máirtín Ó Direáin, Máire Mhac an tSaoi and Brendan Behan...

, Feasta

Feasta

Feasta is an Irish-language magazine that was established in 1948. Its purpose is the furtherance of the aims of the Gaelic League, an objective reflecting the cultural nationalism of the language movement, and the promotion of new writing...

 and Aimsir Óg.

Published novels

• An Dochtúir Áthas, Leabhar Breac, 1995
• An Claíomh Solais
  An Claíomh Solais
  Irish language novelist Liam Mac Cóil's second novel,An Claíomh Solais, is set in the Co. Meath Gaeltacht of Ráth Cairn.An Claíomh Solais is set in the Co...
  
  , Leabhar Breac, 1998
• Fontenoy
  Fontenoy (novel)
  Published in 2005, Fontenoy is the third novel by the Irish novelist Liam Mac Cóil, and a winner of the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin award in 2006....
  
  , Leabhar Breac, 2005

Other published work

• Tiocfaidh Lá, Carbad, 1977 (a translation of Daw Dydd by Ffred Ffrancis)
• The Book of Blackrock, Carraig Books, 1977
• Saibhreas Chnoic Chaspair, An Gúm
  An Gúm
  An Gúm was an Irish state company tasked with the publication of Irish literature, especially educational materials.The agency is now part of Foras na Gaeilge. Its mission statement is "To produce publications and resources in support of Irish-medium education and of the use of Irish in general."...
  
  , 1981 (a translation of Trysor Bryniau Caspar by J. Selwyn Lloyd)
• Toirealach Ó Cearúlláin, Leabhar Breac, 1999
• Nótaí ón Lár, Leabhar Breac, 2000
• Bliainiris, Carbad, 2000 -2007

External links

• Leabhar Breac Publisher's Site