Risteárd Ó Foghladha
| Risteard Ó Foghludha | |
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| Born | Richard Foley 5 March 1871 Cnoc Chonaill Aodha, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 20 August 1957 Dublin, County Dublin, Irish Free State |
| Pen name | Fiachra Éilgeach |
| Occupation | Teacher, Journalist, Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | National University of ireland |
| Genre | Munster Gaelic poetry |
| Literary movement | Gaelic League |
| Notable works | Logainmneacha i. Dictionary of Irish Place-names (7,000), English-Gaelic. |
| Spouse | Eily Barnes |
Risteard Ó Foghludha (5 March 1871 – 20 August 1957) was an Irish-language teacher, journalist and editor from near Youghal, County Cork.
His father Richard (1830-1910) was a farmer and Peg Long was his mother. He was the oldest of seven girls and five boys. Both his parents were native Gaelic speakers and it is believed that their son Richard was also a native speaker. He won a prize when at the Christian Brothers school in Youghal in Irish-Gaelic. He dedicated his first literary work Carn Tighearnaigh (1938) to Mháirtín Ó Buadhacháin from Youghal, the first person who taught him to read and write in our native tongue.(" do Mháirtín Ó Buadhacháin in Eochaill, don té do chéad-thug teagasc dam i léigheamh agus i scríobhadh ár dteangadh dúthchais.")
Later on, he moved to Dublin, around the year 1888. It is likely that he spent two years in question worked in the Royal Dublin Society, in Leinster House at the time and at this time he started learning shorthand. He became a reporter for the Freeman's Journal, in the early 1890s. It claimed that he was charged with reporting the last speech of Charles Stuart Parnell, made in Creaga, County Galway, on September 27, 1891. He spent eight years in England working with wholesale typing machines and returned to Dublin at the beginning of the 20th century. Whilst over in England he started selling Underwood Typewriter Company. This Company sent him back to Ireland at the beginning of the 20th. century. Until 1905 Underwoods did not have an office in Dublin and Richard spent long periods in Belfast, but went back to Dublin at the weekend. He was teaching in Blackrock College, between the years 1905-07.
He founded a branch of the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) 'Craobh an Chéitinnigh' in 1901, along with Seosamh Ó Tórna (Tórna), Seán Ó Cuív and Seán Ó Ceallaigh. He chose the motto for the Craobh (Branch) ‘Múscail do mhisneach, a Bhanba’ (Awaken your courage, Banba (Ireland)) and served as its honorary secretary for nine years.
Richard married Eily Barnes (born in Ranelagh in 1884) in June 1910. They had one son, Gerard.
In August 17, 1901 he published his first work of prose in An Claidheamh Soluis, using the pseudonym ‘An Corcaigheach Macánta’ (The honest Corkonian). He first used the pseudonym 'Fiachra Éilgeach' whilst in Lough Leane, in November 1903.
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