Ó Doibhlin, Breandán

Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, The, January, 2000 by ROBERT WELCH

Ó Doibhlin, Breandán (1931– ), novelist, critic, and translator. Born in Rooskey, Co. Tyrone, he was educated at St Colum's College in Derry and Maynooth before becoming Professor of French and Modern Languages there. He edited Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad and pioneered the application of critical methods to the works of modern writers in Irish.

The novel Néal Maidine agus Tine Oíche (1960) deals with cultural values and their transmission in modern society, while An Branar Gan Cur (1979) depicts the attitudes of an alienated northern Catholic. He translated Iseáia (1975), which became part of An Bíobla Naofa (1981) [see Bible in Irish ].