Caitlín Maude

Singer, Author

1941 – 1982

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Who was Caitlín Maude?

Caitlín Maude was an Irish poet, teacher, actress and traditional singer.

She was born in Casla, County Galway, and reared in the Irish language. Her mother was a school teacher from Casla, and Caitlín received her primary education from her on a small island off the coast of Rosmuc, Conamara. Caitlín's father, John Maude, was from Cill Bhriocáin in Rosmuc.

Caitlín Maude attended University College Galway, where she excelled in French. She became a teacher, working in schools in Counties Kildare, Mayo, and Wicklow. She also worked in other capacities in London and Dublin.

She was widely praised as an actress. She acted at the University, at the Taibhdhearc in Galway and the Damer in Dublin, and was particularly successful in a production of “An Triail” by Máiréad Ní Ghráda in 1964. She herself was a playwright, being co-author with poet Michael Hartnett of “An Lasair Choille” .

She began writing poetry in Irish in secondary school and developed a lyrical style closely attuned to the rhythms of the voice. Though not conventionally religious, she said in an interview that she had a deep interest in the spiritual and that this would leave its mark on her poetry. She was noted as a highly effective reciter of her own verse. A posthumous collected edition was published in 1984.

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Born
1941
Also known as
  • Caitlin Maude
Profession
Education
  • National University of Ireland, Galway
Lived in
  • County Galway
Died
1982

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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