Éamonn Ó Catháin
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Éamonn Ó Catháin is an Irish chef
, author
, journalist
and broadcaster
, and authority on folk music.
Originally from Belfast
he lived for many years in Dublin where he ran Shay Beano, a French bistro. He participates in Irish daytime television
programmes conducting cookery demonstrations on Raidió Teilifís Éireann
(RTÉ). One vehicle, called "Meal or no Meal", is a spoof
on Noel Edmonds
's Deal or no Deal
. Ó Catháin picks five numbered red boxes from a mystery choice of 15. Each box contains one ingredient, and when all five are chosen, the challenge is set for him to come up with either a meal or no meal, by the end of the show. Another programme, on TG4, Bia Bóthar, is a travelogue
of coastal Ireland
and Europe
, presented entirely in Irish
with English
subtitles where he cooks a meal, usually outdoors, from local ingredients.
He also broadcast a radio show on world music
on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
. It was called Thar Tír Isteach and went out on Friday nights, concentrating on music from Russia
, Poland
, Portugal
, Africa
, Brazil
and various other “new Irish” communities now resident in recently multicultural Ireland.
He is trilingual, speaking Irish, English and French. His three books are The Irish Folk Music Guide (1981), Around Ireland With a Pan - Food, Tales and Recipes (2004) and The Hard Times Cook Book (2009). He is currently writing a tome on technology and is a frequent Tweeter
(http://twitter.com/#!/culabula) and Facebook
er. At one time he had 15 mobile phone
s in an attempt to thwart exorbitant roaming charges in Europe. He prefers to travel by train.
He is married.
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
, author
Author
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, journalist
Journalist
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and broadcaster
Presenter
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, and authority on folk music.
Originally from Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
he lived for many years in Dublin where he ran Shay Beano, a French bistro. He participates in Irish daytime television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
programmes conducting cookery demonstrations on Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
(RTÉ). One vehicle, called "Meal or no Meal", is a spoof
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
on Noel Edmonds
Noel Edmonds
Noel Ernest Edmonds, is an English broadcaster and executive, who made his name as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He has presented many light entertainment television programmes, including Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Top of the Pops, The Late, Late Breakfast Show, Telly Addicts, Noel's Saturday...
's Deal or no Deal
Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...
. Ó Catháin picks five numbered red boxes from a mystery choice of 15. Each box contains one ingredient, and when all five are chosen, the challenge is set for him to come up with either a meal or no meal, by the end of the show. Another programme, on TG4, Bia Bóthar, is a travelogue
Travelogue
Travelogue is the second full-length studio album released by the British synthpop band The Human League, released in May 1980 before the band achieved any degree of commercial success....
of coastal Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, presented entirely in Irish
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...
with English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
subtitles where he cooks a meal, usually outdoors, from local ingredients.
He also broadcast a radio show on world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
on 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 :...
. It was called Thar Tír Isteach and went out on Friday nights, concentrating on music from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and various other “new Irish” communities now resident in recently multicultural Ireland.
He is trilingual, speaking Irish, English and French. His three books are The Irish Folk Music Guide (1981), Around Ireland With a Pan - Food, Tales and Recipes (2004) and The Hard Times Cook Book (2009). He is currently writing a tome on technology and is a frequent Tweeter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
(http://twitter.com/#!/culabula) and Facebook
Facebook
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er. At one time he had 15 mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s in an attempt to thwart exorbitant roaming charges in Europe. He prefers to travel by train.
He is married.
External links
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- http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/2009/1110/mealornomealmorrocan808.html
- https://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2007/oct/28/feature-1980s-it-was-acceptable-in-the-80s/