Seán Ó Cualáin

Seán Ó Cualáin
NationalityIrish
Spouse(s)DEIRDRE UÍ CHUALÁIN. A native of Cill Chiarán. Daughter of poet and writer JACKIE MAC DONNCHA

Seán Ó Cualáin is an IFTA-award-winning Irish documentary and feature film film director.[1][2][3][4] He directed Dara Beag — File Pobail in 2004, Rí an Fhocail in 2007,[5] Lón sa Spéir/Men at Lunch in 2012, Mise Raiftearaí an Fíodóir Focal/I am Raftery, The Weaver of Words, written by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin in 2013,[6] Crash and Burn (about racing driver Tommy Byrne) in 2016.[7][8][1][3][9]

He is a native of Loch Con Aortha, Cill Chiaráin.[8]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Mise Raiftearaí an Fíodóir Focal (I am Raftery, The Weaver of Words)". Tg4.ie. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. ^ Clarke, Donald (1 February 2013). "Men at Lunch/Lón sa Spéir". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Column: The untold story of two Irish workers… and this iconic picture". TheJournal.ie. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  4. ^ Killeen, Pádraic (30 January 2013). "The men who rose to fame over lunch". Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Rí an Fhocail". AllMovie.com. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  6. ^ Andrews, Kernan (30 December 2010). "TG4 to explore the life of Raiftearaí an File". Galway Advertiser. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  7. ^ Steven (27 November 2016). "Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Crash and Burn". Film Ireland. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Documentary on decline in Connemara to feature at major US film festival". ConnachtTribune.ie. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. ^ O'Shea, James (6 July 2012). "Famous Irish American photograph to be recreated in Galway for new film". IrishCentral.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Winners of the 10th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". IFTA.ie. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ "IFTA 2013 Nominations revealed". RTÉ.ie. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Ten Irish Productions Win At Texas Worldfest 26 Apr 2004". IFTN.ie. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2018.


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