Plé:Athnuachan

Athnuachan (1995) was published after lying in typescript since 1951, when it won the Oireachtas prize. Ó Cadhain did not wish to publish it in his lifetime, because the central character, Beartla Mór, a hypochondriac old man obsessed with death, was based upon his uncle. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/m-irt-n-cadhain#ixzz1KHXVQAGl