Aonghas MacNeacail
(born 1942 - ) - Uig, Isle of Skye
Aonghas MacNeacail is a poet, journalist, broadcaster and scriptwriter who works in both English and Gaelic. Raised in Uig, on the Isle of Skye, he wrote poetry in English without much success until a course in Higher Gaelic, at Glasgow's Langside College, introduced him to the work of writers such as Sorley MacLean, Iain Crichton Smith and Donald MacAulay.
His poetry has won a number of prizes, including the Stakis Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year for his collection Oideachadh Ceart (A Proper Schooling) and a National Mod Literary Prize for An Cathadh Mor (The Great Snowbattle). MacNeacail has written for radio and television, including STV's Gaelic-language soap Machair, and feature film Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle. He has also collaborated on a number of musical projects, including as librettist for two operas.
Aonghas MacNeacail is sometimes nicknamed Aonghas Dubh - 'Black Angus'. He lives near Edinburgh.
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Add to BasketLaoidh An Donais Òig
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Widely regarded as the foremost poet writing today in the Gaelic language, MacNeacail casts his eye on love, ageing, memory, language, politics and landscape in this bilingual collection.
Bibliography
- Poetry Quintet - 1976
- Imaginary Wounds - 1980
- Sireadh Bradain Sicir / Seeking Wise Salmon - 1983
- An Cathadh More / The Great Snowbattle - 1984
- An Seachnadh / The Avoiding - 1986
- Rock and Water - 1990
- Oideachadh Ceart agus dàin eile / A Proper Schooling and other poems - 1997
- Laoidh an donais òig / Hymn to a young demon - 2007
- Laughing At the Clock / Deanamh Gaire Ris A' Chloc - 2012








