Síle Ní Chéileachair

Síle Ní Chéileachair (1924 – 1985) was an Irish short story writer who wrote in the Irish language. She was one of the authors of a highly regarded collection published jointly with her brother, Donncha Ó Céileachair.

She was born on 25 July 1924 in Cúil Aodha, an Irish-speaking district in County Cork. She trained as a teacher at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick and subsequently taught at Haroldscross and at Crumlin, Dublin. In 1953 she married Dónal Ó Cochláin and they had three sons and three daughters. The household lived in Dublin.[1]

She and her brother were involved with Cumann na Scríbhneoirí (The Irish-language Writers’ Association) in Dublin in the nineteen fifties. She won a prize for a short story at the 1950 Oireachtas, and in 1955 she and Donncha published Bullaí Mhártain, an acclaimed collection of 14 stories dealing with urban and rural themes.[1] This collection has been praised for its concise style and broad range of subject matter.[2]

She died on 26 August 1985 and was buried at Bohernabreena in Dublin.

Notes
  1. "Ó Céileachair, Donncha (1918 – 1960)". An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisní Gaeilge. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. Bannister, Garry, ‘Gnéithe den Litríocht san Fhichiú hAois’
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