Caitlín Nic Aoidh

Caitlín Nic Aoidh is a television presenter on TG4. She is a native Irish speaker from Cloughaneely in County Donegal.[1]

Education

Nic Aoidh attended Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola in Falcarragh, and later attended Maynooth University. She graduated with a degree in Irish and music, and later obtained a master's degree from the same university. She was also awarded a Dioplóma Gairmiúil san Oideachas (DGO) at NUI Galway.[1]

Career

Nic Aoidh was a secondary school teacher, with Irish and music as her subjects, before joining TG4 as a television presenter.[2][1] She is a weather forecaster on TG4.

On Halloween in 2016, viewers were shocked when Nic Aoidh went "missing" after a lightning flash.[3][4] That trick was popular at the time, and was part of a response to the TV show Have I Got a Bit More News for You.[5]

She was a guest on the The Tommy Tiernan Show in 2018.[6]

She was nominated for 'Best TV Presenter' at the 2016 STELLAR Shine Awards.[7]

References
  1. Cook, Catherine (30 July 2014). "Donegal woman is the face of new TG4 weather service". Donegal News.
  2. "From trading 20p for a pound to winning a car on Winning Streak - TG4 weather presenter Caitlin Nic Aoidh's financial highs and lows". Independent.ie. 2 July 2017.
  3. "TG4 viewers 'shocked' after weather report Halloween prank". The Irish Times. 1 November 2016.
  4. "Caitlín Nic Aoidh, an láithreoir ar bhuail splanc thintrí í 'fós ar iarraidh' – Nuacht TG4". Tuairisc.ie (in Irish).
  5. >"Caitlín splancúil TG4 ar 'Have I Got a Bit More News for You'". NÓS.
  6. "'Holy sh*t! It's definitely time to start watching the weather forecast on TG4!' – lucht féachana Tommy Tiernan meallta go mór ag láithreoirí aimsire". Tuairisc.ie (in Irish).
  7. "Gaiscí na mBan á gceiliúradh ag Gradaim Steller Shine". NÓS.
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