Profiling Máirtín Ó Cadhain in the television documentary 'Máirtiín Ó Cadhain sa gCnocán Glas'.
Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906 – 1970) was an Irish language writer best known for his novel Cré na Cille (Graveyard Clay).
In this extract Máirtín Ó Cadhain sums up his life and describes how he was sacked from his job as a national school teacher in Carn Mór, Claregalway for his association with the IRA, and spent 5 years in an internment camp. He expresses the hope that in the future people will read his work.
The documentary is in Irish with English sub-titles.
‘Máirtiín Ó Cadhain sa gCnocán Glas’ was broadcast on 13 February 1967.
