Book review: Biography of Beara scholar Pádraig Ó Laoghaire of huge value

Pádraig Ó Laoghaire (1870-1896) is dedicated to the people of Beara

Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail at St Peter’s, Castletownbere, Co Cork, at the launch of her remarkable book ‘Pádraig Ó Laoghaire (1870-1896), an Irish scholar from the Béarra Peninsula’; Pâdraig Ó Laoghaire was a native of Eyeries The book was published by Beara Historical Society and is dedicated to the people of Beara. Picture: Anne Marie Cronin Photography

The short but significant scholarly life of Pádraig Ó Laoghaire from Eyeries is captured in a new book published by the Beara Historical Society.

The Irish scholar from Inches in the parish of Kilcatherine lived only to the age of 26. But the period of his life between 1870-1896 was pivotal for the Irish language, as it laid the foundation for what was to follow.