Féile 23 | Mícheál Ó Maoláin: Ceardchumannaí as Árainn/Trade Unionist from Aran -AindriasÓCathasaigh

The Féile’s traditional Sunday noon event in Tí Joe Mac, Cill Rónáin was addressed by historian and journalist Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh who has published extensively on early 20th century Irish history and politics as well as producing translations into the Irish language of works by authors such as Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Ó Cathasaigh delivered a bilingual lecture about Mícheál Ó Maoláin, a trade unionist and Larkinite from the Aran Islands, based on his biographical study ‘Triúr ar Chlé’ (2022).
Labhair an staraí agus iriseoir Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh ag ócáid thraidisiúnta meán lae na Féile ar an Domhnach i dTí Joe Mac, Cill Rónáin. Tá neart foilsithe ag Aindrias ar stair agus ar pholaitíocht na hÉireann agus na Gaeilge san 20ú hAois, chomh maith le haistriúcháin go Gaeilge de shaothair le húdair ar nós Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Engels agus Karl Marx. Thug Ó Cathasaigh léacht dhátheangach faoi Mhicheál Ó Maoláin, ceardchumannaí aitheanta as Árainn ag tarraingt ar an staidéar dírbheathaisnéiseach leis ‘Triúr ar Chlé’ (2022).