Tributes have been paid to writer and documentary maker Manchán Magan who has died at the age of 55.
President Michael D Higgins led tributes, saying: “Through his work, Manchán inspired so many people, across every generation, to engage more deeply with our native language, its cultural richness, and through it to engage with, respect and learn from our natural landscape and environment.
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“While rightly proud of his family’s contribution to Irish culture and history, including his great-granduncle The O’Rahilly and his grandmother Sheila Humphreys, Manchán’s vision and understanding was not limited to Ireland or the
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