The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manch\u00e1n Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.<\/p>\n
A passionate advocate for the Irish language, Mr Magan’s work was immersed in exploring language, culture, and landscape through his books, TV shows and documentary films.<\/p>\n
A popular and entertaining storyteller, Mr Magan was born in 1970, and was raised in Donnybrook, in Dublin.<\/p>\n
He began his broadcasting career with acclaimed travel documentaries, which brought him to remote corners of the world where he encountered many local tribes and fascinating characters.<\/p>\n
Many of programmes were produced with his film making brother Ru\u00e1n for TG4 and RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n
Mr Magan made many TV series including No B\u00e9arla, a documentary series about travelling around Ireland speaking only Irish.<\/p>\n
He also made an acclaimed ten-part series, Crainn na h\u00c9ireann, and his most recent series programme this summer, “listen to the land speak” for RT\u00c9 one.<\/p>\n
He was a frequent newspaper columnist, and presented radio programmes on RT\u00c9 Radio 1.<\/p>\n
Other acclaimed books he wrote included Thirty Two Words for Field: Lost words of the Irish landscape, and his most recent book ’99 words for rain (and one for sun) which was published in September.<\/p>\n