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Wednesday, 07 February 2007
The Centre for Irish Studies at NUI, Galway has announced the appointment of Micheál O Cuaig to the position of Sean-Nos Singer in Residence for the current year.

A native of Cill Chiaráin, Micheál qualified as a primary school teacher in 1970 and was principal of Scoil Naomh Ciarán for 16 years before his retirement last year. Throughout his teaching career, he organised classes and workshops in sean-nos singing for his pupils.

Having fallen under the spell of Joe Heaney at a young age, he has organised an annual festival, Féile Joe Einniú, which celebrates Heaney's legacy for the past 15 years. In order to further commemorate Heaney's contribution to Irish music, Micheál recently presented a copy of the Joe Heaney Archive held at Washington University, Seattle, to NUI, Galway. That material is now located at Aras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim in Carna.

Micheál O Cuaig is also the author of two highly regarded collections of poetry in Irish: Uchtoga (1985) and Clocha Reatha (1986), which critics have applauded for their emotional delicacy and scrupulous use of language. He is married to Mairéad Ni Chonghaile and they have seven children.

During the period of his residency, Michéal will participate in a series of performances and workshops at the Centre for Irish Studies and other venues throughout Connemara and the Aran Islands. He will record his own work and that of other singers. The workshops at the Centre for Irish Studies will commence at 7pm on Tuesday 13 February. The project is funded by Ealaín na Gaeltachta, Udarás na Gaeltachta and An Chomhairle Ealaíon in association with the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway.


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