Niall Ó Dónaill was an Irish language

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 lexicographer from Loughanure

Loughanure

Loch an Iúir , anglicised as Loughanure, is a village in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland. It is halfway between Gweedore and Dungloe, on the N56 road, in the Gaeltacht area of the Rosses...

, County Donegal, Ireland. Ó Dónaill is most famous for his work as editor of the 1977 Irish-English dictionary Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla which is still widely used today. He received his education in St Eunan's College in Letterkenny and went on to study in University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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. Niall wrote the book ‘Bruigheann Féile’ which is based on stories of pastimes in the Gaeltacht town Loughanure

Loughanure

Loch an Iúir , anglicised as Loughanure, is a village in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland. It is halfway between Gweedore and Dungloe, on the N56 road, in the Gaeltacht area of the Rosses...

 and its surrounding area. In 1952 his book ‘Na Glúnta Rosannacha' was first published.http://www.loughanurens.com/ He died in 1995.