Donncha Ó hEallaithe

Donncha Ó hEallaithe (fl. 2000) is an Irish language activist and academic.

Ó hEallaithe was raised a native Irish speaker and has been active in promoting the language for several years. In 1986 he made a perilous voyage on a Galway hooker to the Faroes. While there he witnessed the natives television station Sjónvarp Felagíð í Havn (Tórshavn Television Association). On his return he informed the filmmaker, Bob Quinn, about this initiative. This inspired Quinn and others to set up a similar transmitter on Cnoc Mordain in 1987. This would lead to the creation of Teilifís na Gaeilge in 1996.

Ó hEallaithe is lecturer in Mathematics at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology.

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