Cathal ╙ Searchaigh was born in 1956 in Gort a' Choirce in the Donegal Gaeltacht where he still lives. ╙ Searcaigh has published several volumes of poetry, including S·ile Shuibhne, An Bealach na Bhaile and Na Buachaill∅ Bβna. His plays include Mairimid leis na MistΘir∅ and Tβ an T≤in at Titim as an tSaol. He is a member of Aosdβna and a faculty member of The Poets House, Falcarragh, Co Donegal.
Ag Tn·th Leis an tSolas is published by Cl≤ Iar-Chonnachta