Seósamh Ó Cuaig
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Seósamh Ó Cuaig is a native Irish language
speaker and activist and member of Galway County Council
from Connemara
, County Galway
. In 1969 he helped found Coiste Cearta Síbialta na Gaeilge
, together with members of Sinn Féin
. He is a member of Údarás na Gaeltachta
, having served from 1989 to 1994, and re-elected in 1999. He works as a journalist and broadcaster with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
He has been involved in the production of a number of documentaries in Irish for film and television. Often described as an Independent
Republican
Socialist, he helped organise the James Connolly
Forum in Galway.
He has campaigned against the Lisbon Treaty and for the preservation and development of the cottage in Ros Muc used by Patrick Pearse
. He has also spoken in favour of the Rossport Five
and the Shell to Sea
campaign.
Cllr. Ó Cuaig is also a patron of the People's Movement (Ireland)
.
Seósamh was re-elected to Galway County Council for the Connemara electoral area in the 2009 local elections
.
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...
speaker and activist and member of Galway County Council
Galway County Council
Galway County Council is the local authority which is responsible for County Galway in Ireland. The Council is responsible for Housing and Community, Roads and Transportation, Urban planning and Development, Amenity and Culture, and Environment. The county seat is at Galway County Hall in Galway...
from Connemara
Connemara
Connemara is a district in the west of Ireland consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway.-Overview:...
, County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
. In 1969 he helped found Coiste Cearta Síbialta na Gaeilge
Coiste Cearta Síbialta na Gaeilge
Coiste Cearta Síbialta na Gaeilge was a campaigning organisation established in the Irish speaking Gaeltacht areas of Ireland in 1969 to highlight the decline of the Irish language and to campaign for greater rights for Irish speaking areas in the area of access to services, broadcasting and...
, together with members of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
. He is a member of Údarás na Gaeltachta
Údarás na Gaeltachta
Údarás na Gaeltachta , abbreviated ÚnaG, is a regional state agency which is responsible for the economic, social and cultural development of nominally Irish-speaking regions of the Republic of Ireland...
, having served from 1989 to 1994, and re-elected in 1999. He works as a journalist and broadcaster with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta , abbreviated RnaG, is the Irish-language radio service of the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Internet.- History :...
He has been involved in the production of a number of documentaries in Irish for film and television. Often described as an Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
Republican
Irish Republicanism
Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Socialist, he helped organise the James Connolly
James Connolly
James Connolly was an Irish republican and socialist leader. He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish immigrant parents and spoke with a Scottish accent throughout his life. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading Marxist theorists of...
Forum in Galway.
He has campaigned against the Lisbon Treaty and for the preservation and development of the cottage in Ros Muc used by Patrick Pearse
Patrick Pearse
Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916...
. He has also spoken in favour of the Rossport Five
Rossport Five
The Rossport Five are James Brendan Philbin, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Willie Corduff and Micheál Ó Seighin. All five are from Kilcommon parish, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland and were jailed on 29 June 2005 by Justice Finnegan, President of the High Court of the Republic of Ireland, for...
and the Shell to Sea
Shell to Sea
Shell to Sea is a campaign based in Cill Chomáin parish, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland which opposes the proposed construction of a natural gas pipeline through the parish and the ongoing construction by Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and Vermilion Energy Trust of a refinery at Bellanaboy intended to...
campaign.
Cllr. Ó Cuaig is also a patron of the People's Movement (Ireland)
People's Movement (Ireland)
People's Movement is an Irish pressure group which campaigns on a number of issues such as protecting Irish neutrality and against greater European Union integration...
.
Seósamh was re-elected to Galway County Council for the Connemara electoral area in the 2009 local elections
Irish local elections, 2009
The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections .-Overview:...
.