Donncha Ó hÉallaithe

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.

External links

http://www.synoptique.ca/core/en/articles/white_faroe/

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[1] 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.

[2] Siggins, Lorna. "President Higgins pays tribute to TG4 as it turns 20". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

[3] "Getting real about Gaeilge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.