Donncha Ó hÉallaithe
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Donncha Ó hEallaithe (fl. 2000) is an Irish language activist and academic.
Ó hEallaithe was raised a native Irish speaker and has been active in promoting the language for several years. In 1986 he made a perilous voyage on a Galway hooker to the Faroes.[1] While there he witnessed the natives television station Sjónvarp Felagíð í Havn (Tórshavn Television Association). On his return he informed the filmmaker, Bob Quinn, about this initiative. This inspired Quinn and others to set up a similar transmitter on Cnoc Mordain in 1987. This would lead to the creation of Teilifís na Gaeilge in 1996.[2]
Ó hEallaithe is lecturer in Mathematics at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology.[3]
References
- ^ White, Jerry (17 November 2009). The Radio Eye: Cinema in the North Atlantic, 1958-1988. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-1-55458-212-9.
- ^ Siggins, Lorna. "President Higgins pays tribute to TG4 as it turns 20". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Getting real about Gaeilge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.