Micheál Ó Conghaile is an Irish language

Irish language

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 writer

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A native of Inis Treabhair, Connemara

Connemara

Connemara is a district in the west of Ireland consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway.-Overview:...

, he currently lives in Indreabhán.

Ó Conghaile founded Irish-language publishing company Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 1985, which has since published over three hundred books, and some two hundred music albums and spoken word albums.

He has translated Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh is an Irish-British playwright, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Although he has lived in London his entire life, he is considered one of the most important living Irish playwrights.-Life:...

’s plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a 1996 black comedy by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland...

and The Lonesome West

The Lonesome West

The Lonesome West is a play by contemporary Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, part of his Connemara trilogy, which includes The Beauty Queen of Leenane and A Skull in Connemara...

, edited a short story anthology for teenagers,
and translated the Irish-language film Kings, directed by Tom Collins in 2007 (based on The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy)
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His awards include The Butler Literary Award of the Irish American Cultural Institute (1997) and the 1997 Hennessy Literary Award for his short story Athair

Writer in Residence at Queen’s University, Belfast and at the University of Ulster Coleraine between 1999–2002, his works have been translated into Romanian

Romanian language

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, Croatian

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, Albanian

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, German

German language

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 and English

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