Aodán Mac Póilin

Aodán Mac Póilin (11 Oktoba 1948 – 29 Disamba 2016)  ɗan gwagwarmayar yaren Irish ne a Arewacin Ireland.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Aodán Mac Póilin a Belfast kuma ya girma a Norfolk Road a yankin Andersonstown. Mahaifinsa ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin gwamnati kuma mahaifiyarsa mai magana da harshen Irish ce kuma ta girma tana magana da yaren a gida. Yana da 'yan'uwa mata biyu. 

Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ɗaliban farko a Sabuwar Jami'ar Ulster (1970-1974) wanda kwanan nan ya buɗe a Coleraine. A can an danganta shi da Coleraine Cluster na mawaƙa da marubuta. Ya sauke karatu tare da BA (Hons) a cikin karatun Irish . Daga baya ya sami MPhil akan adabin zamani a cikin Irish. 

Da ya koma Belfast ya taimaka wajen kafa yankin masu magana da harshen Irish na Titin Shaw inda shi da matarsa Áine suke zama.

 Sana'a 
Bayan kammala karatunsa, Mac Póilin ya kasance malami na wani lokaci sannan ya zama Daraktan ULTACH Trust a shekarar 1990. 

Ya kasance mai himma a Ofishin Tarayyar Turai don Harsuna Masu Ƙarancin Amfani da Majalisar Hulɗa da Jama'a na Arewacin Ireland, kuma shi ne shugaban makarantar Irish-matsakaici ta farko a Ireland ta Arewa.

Mac Póilin ya yi aiki a hukumar allo ta Arewacin Ireland na tsawon shekaru 5 daga shekarun 2012, tare da alhakin musamman na Asusun Watsa Labaru na Irish.  Ya kuma yi aiki a kan allo na Columba Initiative, Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta (Majalisar don Ilimin Irish-matsakaici), Majalisar Watsa Labarai na Ilimi na BBC Arewacin Ireland,  Foras na Gaeilge (the cross-border Irish language implementation body), da Cibiyar Waƙoƙi ta Seamus Heaney, Jami'ar Sarauniya Belfast.

Mac Póilin ya rubuta kuma ya ba da lakca sosai kan fannoni daban-daban na harshen Irish, adabi da al'adu. Ya ba da babbar gudummawa wajen farfaɗo da harshen Irish a Ireland ta Arewa. 

Mac Poilin ya mutu a ranar 29 ga watan Disamba, 2016. Ya bar matarsa Áine, 'yar Aoife, da jikoki biyu.  

 Martaba 
An fitar da wani fim mai suna Rian na gCos yana murnar rayuwarsa a BBC Two NI a shekarar 2020 da kuma kan TG4 a shekarar 2021. 

A cikin shekarar 2017, Asusun Watsa Labarun Harshen Irish ya kafa asusu na bursary a cikin sunansa mai suna Ciste Cuimhneacháin Aodáin Mhic Phóilin. 

 Littattafai 

 Salon Kasancewa: al'adun al'adun Ulster (madaidaicin edita tare da Jean Lundy); 1992
 Shafukan da aka lalata, Sabbin Waƙoƙin da aka zaɓa na Padraic Fiacc (madaidaicin editan tare da Gerald Dawe); Blackstaff Press 1994  ) 
 Harshen Irish a Arewacin Ireland (edita); Iontaobhas Ultach, 1997  )
 Babban Littafin Gaelic (2002) (memba na kwamitin edita)
 Jawabinmu Mai Ruɗewa, Maƙalolin Harshe da Al'adu; Ulster Historical Foundation, 2018 (ISBN 978-1-909556-67-6 )

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2016
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1948
Rukuni:Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba