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'''Colm Ó Snodaigh''' (born 22 May 1966) is a member of the traditional Irish folk group [[Kíla]]. He is also a writer and a former sportsman, winning honours in [[Association football|football]], [[hurling]] and [[tennis]].

==Personal life==

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Ó Snodaigh was born in Dublin and reared on the south side of [[Dublin]] near [[Sandymount]] village; he is a native Irish speaker and was educated in the language at local [[Gaelscoil]]eanna: [[Scoil Lorcáin]] and [[Coláiste Eoin]]. He completed a degree in [[Physiotherapy]] (BPhysio) at [[University College Dublin]] in 1988.

He is the son of Irish-language publisher and author [[Pádraig Ó Snodaigh]] and artist [[Cliodhna Cussen]]. His brothers are Fergus, [[Aengus Ó Snodaigh|Aengus]], Cormac, [[Rónán Ó Snodaigh|Rónán]] and Rossa. His great uncle [[Dennis Cussen]] ran in the [[1928 Amsterdam Olympics]], in the 100 yards competition, held the world record for fastest time over 100 yards on grass for a time and also played [[Rugby union|rugby]] for Ireland 15 times scoring a famous [[hat-trick]] of tries against England in 1926.

==Music==

Ó Snodaigh plays the flute, tin whistle, guitar, saxophone and percussion. He plays and sings with the group [[Kíla]] and also released two solo albums titled {{Lang|ga|Éist}} in 1990 and ''Giving'' in 2007. While {{Lang|ga|Éist}} featured Colm's songs in Irish and accompanied by Kíla's musicians and friends, ''Giving'' saw him branch out with songs in English, with production by Shay Fitzgerald and accompaniment by various other musicians. He is currently working on his follow-up to ''Giving''.

==Writing==

Ó Snodaigh has written one book of short stories entitled {{Lang|ga|Turasóireacht}} (Tripping/Touring) which was published in 1995 by [[Coiscéim]]. Subsequent stories have been published in the anthologies {{Lang|ga|Scéalta ón Aer}} (2000) ag Cathal Póirtéir and in {{Lang|ga|Lón Léitheoireacht 2}} (2008). His début novella ''Pat the Pipe –'' {{Lang|ga|Píobaire}} was published in 2007 and was turned into a radio drama for Raidió na Life by his brother Rossa. He translated Sandy Fitzgerald's children's story {{Lang|ga|Céal & an Buachaill Gorm}} (Cale & the Blue Boy) which was published in early 2008. He wrote a monthly article on music for online magazine Beo.ie from 2006 to 2011 and these articles formed the basis of a collection of essays on music in a book called {{Lang|ga|Istigh sa Cheol}} (2013). One of the articles {{Lang|ga|An Ghaoth Aneas}} was included in the New Island publication ''Sunday Miscellany – A Selection from 2006 to 2008'' following its broadcast in 2008 on [[RTÉ Radio 1]]. This same article was included, along with a sister article {{Lang|ga|Ag Máirseáil i dTreo na Gréine}}, as a tribute to Pádraig Ó Cléirigh, in a posthumous collection of Pádraig's short stories published by Coiscéím in 2010, entitled {{Lang|ga|An Bhréag & Scéalta Eile}}. For his 2017 book, {{Lang|ga|Dún Chaoin - Oscail an Scoil}}, he researched the campaign of civil disobedience in the west Kerry Gaeltacht to keep the {{Lang|ga|Dún Chaoin|italic=no}} primary school open against the will of the then-Fianna Fáil government. A translation of Swiss-Scottish author Vivienne Bailie's book {{Lang|ga|An File}}'','' was published by {{Lang|ga|Coiscéim|italic=no}} in 2019 and in 2022 his most recent book of short stories was published entitled {{Lang|ga|Cnaipí & Scéalta Eile}}.

==Sport==

===Football===

After periods with [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]], [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] and [[University College Dublin A.F.C.]], Ó Snodaigh was a squad member of the [[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]] side that won the 1989–90 [[FAI Cup]] at [[Lansdowne Road]] with a 3–0 victory against [[St Francis F.C.|St Francis]] and finished runners-up in the [[1990–91 League of Ireland First Division]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} That same year he was a central member of Wanderers reserve side that finished runners-up in the [[League of Ireland B Division]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} He won the B team player of the year award in 1990 and was a member of the first team that lost the [[LFA President's Cup]] final 3–1 against [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://leagueofirelandhistory.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/presidents-day/|title=President's Day|date=2014-03-02|work=League of Ireland History|access-date=2018-08-27|language=en-US}}</ref>

In time, he left Bray and became a member of [[Leinster Senior League (association football)|Leinster Senior League]] side Pegasus where, over a seven-year period, he was a member of their [[FAI Intermediate Cup]] winning team in 1992 against [[Bluebell United F.C.|Bluebell United]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierintermediatecuphist.html|title=Ireland - FA Intermediate Cup Winners and Runners-Up|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref> top scorer in 1996/7, selected for the Leinster Senior League selection team in 1992, was captain of the side that got relegated from the senior division in 1997 following a defeat away to Bluebell{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} and played in every position for the side except goalkeeper.

===Hurling===

Following retirement from soccer, due largely to a serious knee injury, Ó Snodaigh, at the behest of his brother, Rossa, joined the St Kevin's Junior C hurling team. In two seasons, he helped them win the Junior C Dublin Shield twice and the league once. In his second season, he scored a clatter load of goal playing mostly at right or left full forward.

===Tennis===

He played tennis for twenty years at the [[Sandymount]] tennis club, Claremont and latterly Claremont/Railway Union. He played Class 2 for the senior team, in the summer league and won the U19 singles title.

== References ==

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==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324090235/http://www.kila.ie/detail.php?category_id=3&sub_category_1_id=27&sub_category_2_id=26 Biography on Kila's website]

*[http://www.beat102103.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=470&Itemid=92 Interview on Beat 102/103 FM 2007]

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