Life
1899-1971; b. Co. Clare; ed. Convent of Mercy, Ennis, and UCD; joined
Cumann na mBan; secretary to Ernest Blythe during First Dáil; Radio
Éireann chief announcer, 1927-35; produced Irish language school
textbooks; friend of Peig Sayers; for many years editor of Teacher’s
Work; An Bheirt Dearbhráthar agus Scéalta Eile (1939);
also Mannán (1940) [science fiction novel]; plays, An
Uacht (1935), An Grá agus An Garda (1937); Lá Bui Bealtaine (1954); Giolla an tSolais (1954) [Abbey award]; Ull Glas Oíche Shamhna (1960); Súgán Sneachta (1962); Mac Uí Rudaí (1963); Stailc Ocrais (1966); An Triail (Dublin Theatre Festival 1964; pub. 1974),
successfully performed; includes brothel scene; also performed in translation
(1965); Breithiúnas (1978; rep. An Gúm 1996), and
several plays for children. DIW ATT OCIL
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Works
Plays, Mícheál (Dublin:
Oifig an tSoláthair 1933); An Uacht (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair
1935); An Grá agus an Garda (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair
1937); Giolla an tSolais (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair 1945); Lá Buí Bealtaine (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair
1953); Ull Glas Oíche Shamhna (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair
1955); Mac Uí Rudaí (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair
1963); Stailc Ocrais (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair 1966); An
Triail [and] Breithiúnas (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair
1978; An Gúm 1996), 100pp.; Síobhán Ní Brádaigh,
ed. Máiréad Ní Grádha, Ceannródaí
Drámíochta (Cló Iar-Chonnachta 1996), 103pp.;
Fiction, An Bheirt Dearthár agus Scealta Eile (Dublin: Oifig a tSoláthair 1939); Manannan (Dublin: Oifig a tSoláthair 1940), children’s stories;
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Criticism
Eámon Ó Cíosáin, ‘Máiréad
Ní Ghráda agus a saothar liteartha’, in An Triail [and] Breithiúnthas (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair
1978); see also B. Breathnach and M. Ní Murchú, Beathaisnéis
a Aon (Clochomhar 1986).
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