Teacher, author, translator and co-founder of Sean Nós Cois Life
as one of their first part-time newsreaders, and subsequently as a journalist and sub-editor in the RTÉ newsroom where he worked between 1968 and 1979.
Public engagement was also a hallmark of his work through broadcasting, especially his role as presenter and chair of the long-running and popular language series Leagan Cainte on Raidió na Gaeltachta. A founder-member of Sean Nós Cois Life, Liam Mac Con Iomaire also served as a member of An Coiste Téarmaíochta, An Coimisún Logainmneacha and as UachtaránHe is survived by his wife Bairbre and his children Máirín, Máirtín, Colm, Ruairí and Darach. His daughter Nuala predeceased him in 2010.
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