About Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí
Lived 1921 – 2011 (aged 90). Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí was an Irish linguist and translator.
Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí (Gort an Choirce, County Donegal, 9 May 1921 – 2 October 2011), Irish newsreader and translator.
He was educated at Coláiste Caomhín in Glasnevin, Dublin. He graduated as a schoolteacher. One of his school pupils was Dickie Rock.
He joined the Oireachtas translation staff. In 1972, he was a member of the team from the Translation Department (Rannóg an Aistriúcháin) that was sent to Brussels to translate into Irish the treaties establishing the European Communities.
He was one of the contributors to the Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla compiled by Niall Ó Dónaill and Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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Who was Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí?
Irish translator
When was Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí born?
Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí was born on 1 May 1921 in Ards Little.
When did Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí die?
Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí died on 15 October 2011.
What was Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí's occupation?
Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí was a linguist and translator.
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Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí was Irish.
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