Macdara Ã" Fátharta, Irish actor, is most famous for his role as the
villainous publican Tadhg Ã" Direáin on the long-running Irish
language TG4 drama, Ros na Rún.A native of Inis Meáin, Ã" Fátharta
was born and raised in the historic cottage used by John Millington
Synge and Padraig Pearse early in the twentieth century when they were
studying Gaeilge on the island. On leaving school, Ã" Fátharta spent
two years with an acting school with the Abbey Theatre and
subsequently twenty years with the Abbey from 1972-1996, while there
he acted in plays by John B. Keane, Brian Friel, Tom Murphy,
Shakespeare, Chekov, all of his production involvement can be found in
the Abbey archives. In 1975 he appeared in a play by Irish playwright
Teresa Deevy called Katie Roche where he played the part of Jo Mahony.
In 1995 Ã" Fátharta adapted the seminal novel Cré na Cille for the
stage and later wrote the screenplay for the film version. He has over
ten television productions to his credit, and parts in films such as
Far and Away, The Blackwater Lightship, and the first ever Irish
language feature film PoitÃn. He is married to Eileen Dunne who is a
news presenter on RTÉ.Macdara Ã" Fátharta, An Gúm 2013 ISBN
978-1-85791-814-4
villainous publican Tadhg Ã" Direáin on the long-running Irish
language TG4 drama, Ros na Rún.A native of Inis Meáin, Ã" Fátharta
was born and raised in the historic cottage used by John Millington
Synge and Padraig Pearse early in the twentieth century when they were
studying Gaeilge on the island. On leaving school, Ã" Fátharta spent
two years with an acting school with the Abbey Theatre and
subsequently twenty years with the Abbey from 1972-1996, while there
he acted in plays by John B. Keane, Brian Friel, Tom Murphy,
Shakespeare, Chekov, all of his production involvement can be found in
the Abbey archives. In 1975 he appeared in a play by Irish playwright
Teresa Deevy called Katie Roche where he played the part of Jo Mahony.
In 1995 Ã" Fátharta adapted the seminal novel Cré na Cille for the
stage and later wrote the screenplay for the film version. He has over
ten television productions to his credit, and parts in films such as
Far and Away, The Blackwater Lightship, and the first ever Irish
language feature film PoitÃn. He is married to Eileen Dunne who is a
news presenter on RTÉ.Macdara Ã" Fátharta, An Gúm 2013 ISBN
978-1-85791-814-4
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