placenamesInveran
Indreabhán
Inveran, locally called Inverin, is associated with writer Mícheál Ó Conghaile and the development of Cló Iar-Chonnacht.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Indreabhán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Inveran · English · main form
- Inverin · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A writer living in Indreabhán
The 2011 writers’ portrait project records Mícheál Ó Conghaile living in Indreabhán, having been born on Inis Treabhair. His work includes the short-story collection An Fear a Phléasc, published in 1997, and the novel Sna Fir, published in 2000. An Taibhdhearc staged three of his plays, and he became a member of Aosdána in 1998. The portrait also records his publishing company based in Indreabhán. [2]
Publishing books and recording singers
Ó Conghaile founded Cló Iar-Chonnacht in 1985 while still a university student. Alongside its books, the company initially set out to record Connemara musicians, particularly sean-nós singers. Its publishing later encompassed fiction, poetry, history and audio editions. In 2021 Ó Conghaile sold the company to its longstanding manager, Deirdre Ní Thuathail. Its present address is in An Spidéal. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inveran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mícheál Ó Conghaile: writer portrait and biography, 15 July 2011 · COMHAR, Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge
- About Cló Iar-Chonnacht · Cló Iar-Chonnacht
- The church and roadside letter box at Inveran, as photographed in 2009 illustration: based on a Indreabhán (Inveran) by Graham Horn. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-10-14. How this page was prepared.