Pádraig Ó Fiannachta

Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (1927 – 15 July 2016) was an Irish-language scholar, poet and priest from the Kerry Gaeltacht. He is perhaps best known for producing a translation of the Christian Bible into the Irish language.

Biography

Ó Fiannachta studied at Maynooth, University College Cork and All Hallows, Clonliffe College. He was ordained a priest in All Hallows College in 1953.

He served for some time as a priest in Wales,

In (1999); bilingual Irish/English edition (2005), he portrays the public life of Jesus as lived, not in Galilee, but in the Dingle peninsula.

He retired from Maynooth in 1992, returning to Dingle as parish priest. In 1998 he was awarded the title monsignor by Pope John Paul II. In 2015 he was awarded the American Irish Historical Society's Cultural Award.

He died in Dingle on 15 July 2016 at the age of 89 and is buried in the grounds of Séipéal Chaitlíona in Ventry.

Publications , translated and edited by Padraig Ó Fiannachta (1982) (hardcover) by Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1966) (1969) (1972) (1973) (1975) (1976) (1981) (1987) (1999) , Pádraig Ó Fiannachta Prayers from the Irish Tradition by Pádraig Ó Fiannachta, English translation by Desmond Forristal Columba Press (1 Jan 2000) (2012) Triad of poetry and stories, written by Jane Beatrice Ejim, translated by Pádraig Ó Fiannachta.