Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé

Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (2 February 1942 – 29 August 2013) was an Irish writer and musician. He wrote exclusively in the Irish language, and is best known for his autobiography, A Thig Ná Tit Orm. He was the father of the television presenter Dáithí Ó Sé.

Life
Ó Sé was born in Carrachán, County Kerry, in 1942. He was the son of a fisherman from Baile na nGall called Dainín Dan Ó Sé and his wife from an Daingean, Máire Ní Chinnéide. In 1958, at the age of 16, Maidhc moved to England for a while, before moving to Chicago in 1959. He returned to Ireland in 1969.

His writings were used as part of the Irish-language element of the Leaving Certificate in Irish state education, as a replacement for Peig from 1995.

Autobiography

 * A Thig Ná Tit Orm ("House Don't Fall on Me"; Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1987)

Fiction

 * Corcán na dTrí gCos (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1988)
 * Tae le tae (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1990)
 * Chicago driver (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1992)
 * Dochtúir na bPiast (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1993)
 * Greenhorn (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997)
 * Madraí na nocht gcos (Baile Atha Cliath: Coisceim 1998)
 * Mair, a chapaill (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1999)
 * Is glas iad na cnoic (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1997)
 * Lilí Frainc (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2001)
 * Mura mBuafam - Suatham (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2003)
 * Idir dhá lios (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2005)
 * Nuadha agus Breoghan ar neamh (Baile Átha Cliath: Coisceim 2006)
 * Binn Éadair (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2006)
 * Seán Óg Máirtín (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2007)
 * Lucinda Sly: úrscéal stairiúil (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2008)
 * Cara go brách: Úrscéal (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 2010)

Poetry

 * Citeal na stoirme (Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim 1991)

Music

 * Ó Chicago go Carrachán (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1999)
 * Ó Thuaidh - Traditional Song and Music from West Kerry