Companies

Aisteoirí Ghaoth Dobhair

OVERVIEW

Description

It was Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde and his sister Áine who founded Aisteoirí Ghaoth Dobhair in 1931 to produce plays in the Gaeltacht area of Na Rosann in Donegal. Their first production was 'I nAimsir an Mháirtínigh', an original play by Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde which was staged in the parish hall in Na Doirí Beaga in 1932. After an active campaign funding was raised to build a proper theatre and Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair opened its doors in 1961. Still in existence the company functions almost exclusively in the amateur sector.

Play Title	Playwright
An Briob	Seumus O'Kelly Aistriúchán ar 'The Bribe' (1913). Ní luaiter cé d'aistrigh cé gur dóchúil gurbh é Tomás Mac Giolla Bhríde a rinne é.
An Fealltóir	Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
An Stráinséir	Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha
An tAmhránaí	Aodh Ó Dubhgáin Áine Nic Giolla Bhríde Pádraig Mac Piarais Aistrithe ó 'The Singer'.
Cor Na Cinniúna	Áine Nic Giolla Bhríde
Do Shoilsigh Solas sa Dorchadas	Tomás Mac Giolla Bhríde
In Aimsir an Mháirtínigh	Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
Le Bánú an Lae	Tomás Mac Giolla Bhríde
Oíche Fhéil' Mhíchíl	Aodh Mac Dhubháin T.C. Murray Aistriúchán ar 'Michaelmas Eve' (1932)
Pól Twyning	Pádraig Ó hAirt George Shiels Aistriúchán ar 'Paul Twyning'(1922). Níl d'eolas faoin údar againn ach an t-ainm cleite 'Pádraig Ó hAirt'.
Róisín	Aodh Ó Dubhgáin Áine Nic Giolla Bhríde Aistriúchán ar 'The Patsy' le Barry Connors.
Turlach Óg na dTuath	Proinsias Ó Maonaigh

Updated 27 Oct 2022