Words from the master Seán Ó Riordáin of Ballyvourney

As Ballyvourney commemorates the centenary of Seán Ó Riordáin, Colette Sheridan looks at the life of a man who didn’t let TB get in the way of writing incredible poetry 

THE best Irish language poet since the Famine is how poet Seán Ó Riordáin is described by his biographer, Seán Ó Coileáin.

Ó Coileáin will give the keynote speech on Saturday as part of a three-day commemoration event, starting this Thursday, marking the centenary of Ó Riordáin’s birth in Ballyvourney, Co Cork on December 3, 1916.