Writer, broadcaster and academic Liam Mac Con Iomaire has died aged 81.
He began work in RTÉ in 1968 as one of the first part-time newsreaders and subsequently as a journalist and sub-editor in the newsroom.
He was appointed as Director of the Modern Irish Language Laboratory in UCD in 1979, where he taught until his retirement in 1996.
His work Ireland of the Proverb, published in 1988, was an international bestseller.
His work as a translator has been noted for range, depth and sensitive preoccupation with the cultural and linguistic intricacies of language.
A long-time collaborator of Tim Robinson, he previously translated a number of Robinson's works including Conamara Theas – áit agus anim and Camchuairt Chonamara Theas.
He is predeceased by his daughter Nuala and survived by his wife Bairbre and children Máirín, Máirtín, Colm, Ruairí and Darach.
