Two stories by contemporary Irish writer Michal O Connolly (in Irish).
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Micheál Ó Conghaile (born 1962) is an Irish language writer who lives in Inverin, County Galway, Ireland. He founded Irish-language publishing company Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 1985, which publishes books and music and spoken word albums.
His short stories are collected as Mac an tSagairt (Gallimh, Cló Iar-Chonnachta,1986); An Fear a Phléasc (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1997), An Fear nach nDéanann Gáire (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2003); and The Colours of Man (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2012).
His novels include Sna Fir (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1999), which was shortlisted for The Irish Times Literature Awards 2001; and the novella Seachrán Jeaic Sheáin Johnny (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2002).
His poetry is collected as Comhrá Cailí (1987).
His works have been translated into various languages, including Romanian, Croatian, Albanian, German and English.