Pádraic Breathnach
Pádraic Breathnach was Born in Moyculen, Co. Galway, in 1942.
His stories are collected as
Bean Aonair (Clódhanna Teo., 1974); Buicéad Poitín (Clódhanna Teo., 1978);
An Lánúin (F.N.T., 1979);
Na Déithe Luachmhara Deiridh (Clódhanna Teo., 1980);
Lilí agus Fraoch (Clódhanna Teo., 1983)
Ar na Tamhnacha (Clódhanna Teo., 1987);
Íosla agus Scéalta Eile (Clódhanna Teo., 1992);
The March Hare and Other Stories (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1994); and
An Pincín (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1996).
His novels are
Gróga Cloch (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1990); and
As na Cúlacha (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1998).
He has also published a cassette and booklet,
Taomanna (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1990), and a volume on folklore and social history,
Maigh Cuilinn: a Táisc agus a Tuairisc (Cló Chonamara, 1986).
He has won many Oireachtas prizes, including Duais
Sheáin Uí Éigeartaigh, 1983; and Duais Bhord na Gaeilge at Listowel in 1992 and 1994. He was awarded The Butler Literary Award from The Irish American Cultural Institute in 1992.
He lives in Limerick.
