Pádraig Ó Siadhail


Pádraig Ó Siadhail was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1957, and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a scholar and writer and has published prolifically in the Irish language.
Among his works are the murder mystery Peaca an tSinsir, a collection of short stories under the title Seacht gCineál Meisce agus Finscéalta Eile, a historical novel entitled Beirt Bhan Mhisniúla, a biography of Piaras Béaslaí, Irish nationalist and writer, and a collection of essays about Canada, Idir Dhá Thír: Sceitsí ó Cheanada. He has also published a biography of Katherine Hughes, a Canadian-born Irish Republican activist and propagandist.
He is a lecturer at Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia, where he specialises in Irish Studies. He is a past president of the Canadian Association for Irish Studies, has edited a number of scholarly and literary collections and has published many scholarly articles in Irish and English.

Selected publications

Katherine Hughes. A Life and a Journey. Newcastle, Ontario: Penumbra Press 2014
Beirt Bhan Mhisniúla. Indreabhan: Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2011.
An Béaslaíoch: Beatha agus Saothar Phiarais Béaslaí, 1881-1965. Dublin: Coiscéim 2007.
Idir Dhá Thír: Sceitsí ó Cheanada. Belfast: Lagan Press 2005.
Na Seacht gCineál Meisce agus Finscéalta Eile. Indreabhán, Galway: Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2001.
Peaca an tSinsir. Indreabhan: Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1996.
Éagnairc. Indreabhán: Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1994.
Stair Dhrámaíocht na Gaeilge, 1900-1970. Indreabhán, Galway: Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1993.
Parthas na gCleas. Indreabhán: Cló Iar-Chonnacht 1991.

Selected articles

"James Mooney: The 'Indian Man,' and the 'Irish Catholic.'" In Graeme Morton and David A. Wilson, Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples. Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Montreal & Kingston: McGill Queen's University Press, 2013, 49-70.
"‘Anna Ghordún’ agus an ‘Gaberlunzie Man.’ Nóta faisnéise faoi Anne Gordon Rudmose-Brown agus faoi Phádraic Ó Conaire," in Eoin Mac Cárthaigh & Jürgen Uhlich, Féilscríbhinn do Chathal Ó Háinle. Indreabhán: An Clóchomhar/Cló Iar-Chonnacht, 2012, 915-933.
"Odd Man Out: Micheál Ó Conghaile and Contemporary Irish language Queer Prose," Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring 2010, 143-161.
"James Mooney, ‘The Indian Man’, agus Béaloideas na hÉireann," Béaloideas, Vol./Iml. 77, 2009, 1-36.
"Bunú an Fháinne agus Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916," Taighde agus Teagasc, Imleabhar 6, 174-193.