CaitlÃn Maude (22 May 1941â€"6 June 1982) was an Irish poet,
activist, teacher, actress and traditional singer.She was born in
Casla, County Galway, and reared in the Irish language. Her mother,
Máire Nic an Iomaire, was a school teacher from Ballyfinglas, and
CaitlÃn received her primary education from her on a small island off
the coast of Rosmuc, Connemara. CaitlÃn's father, John Maude, was
from Cill Bhriocáin in Rosmuc.CaitlÃn Maude attended University
College Galway, where she excelled in French. She became a teacher,
working in schools in Counties Kildare, Mayo, and Wicklow. She also
worked in other capacities in London and Dublin.She was widely praised
as an actress. She acted at the University, at An Taibhdhearc in
Galway and the Damer in Dublin, and was particularly successful in a
production of An Triail by Máiréad Nà Ghráda in 1964, in which she
played the protagonist of the story, Máire Nà Chathasaigh. She
herself was a playwright and co-authored An Lasair Choille with poet
Michael Hartnett.
activist, teacher, actress and traditional singer.She was born in
Casla, County Galway, and reared in the Irish language. Her mother,
Máire Nic an Iomaire, was a school teacher from Ballyfinglas, and
CaitlÃn received her primary education from her on a small island off
the coast of Rosmuc, Connemara. CaitlÃn's father, John Maude, was
from Cill Bhriocáin in Rosmuc.CaitlÃn Maude attended University
College Galway, where she excelled in French. She became a teacher,
working in schools in Counties Kildare, Mayo, and Wicklow. She also
worked in other capacities in London and Dublin.She was widely praised
as an actress. She acted at the University, at An Taibhdhearc in
Galway and the Damer in Dublin, and was particularly successful in a
production of An Triail by Máiréad Nà Ghráda in 1964, in which she
played the protagonist of the story, Máire Nà Chathasaigh. She
herself was a playwright and co-authored An Lasair Choille with poet
Michael Hartnett.
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