Pól Ó Foighil

Pól Ó Foighil (1 Yuni 1928 - 21 Maris 2005) ɗan siyasan Irish ne kuma mai fafutuka ga al'ummomin Irish, bakin teku da tsibirin. Wani malami ya zama manajan hadin gwiwa, ya kasance memba mai aiki a jam'iyyar Fine Gael, kuma a matsayin mai ba da shawara na dogon lokaci shi ne kawai zaɓaɓɓen wakilin jam'iyyar a cikin Connemara Gaeltacht na tsawon shekaru ashirin. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Sanata daga 1989 zuwa 1993.

 Rayuwa ta farko da iyali 
An haifi Ó Foighil a Thurles, County Tipperary, kuma 'yan uwan Kirista ne suka ilimantar da shi a Thurle da kuma Kwalejin Jami'ar Galway (UCG). Ayyukansa na farko ya kasance a matsayin malami a yankin Cois Fharraige na kudancin Connemara, kuma ya zauna a Inverin. Ya auri Chrissie Nic Eoin, kuma suna da 'ya'ya bakwai.

Ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yansu maza huɗu, Éanna, ɗalibar likita a UCG, ta kashe kanta a shekarar 1982. Ó Foighil daga baya ya yi magana a gidan talabijin na RTÉ game da tasirin kashe kansa ga iyalai."Strong activist for Irish language and west coast communities". The Irish Times. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2008.

 Yunkurin fafutuka 
Kokarin ci gaban al'umma na farko na Ó Foighil shine kafa tsarin rukuni don samar da ruwa, wanda ya haifar da laƙabi "tsoron mutunci". Ya ci gaba da kafa kwalejojin bazara na harshen Irish a Connemara, da kuma bunkasa hadin gwiwa a Connemana, Tsibirin Aran, da Inishbiggle . 

A matsayinsa na manajan hadin gwiwa a kan Inis Meáin, ya kula da gina wani tashar cire gishiri a tsibirin,  da kuma gonar iska mai rikitarwa. Mai kula da muhalli kuma marubuci Tim Robinson ya yi tsayayya da turbines na iska, kuma Ó Foighil ya zarge shi da "ba da iska ga halayen al'adun gargajiya" da kuma kasancewa "ƙuƙwalwa" a kan raguwar Inis Meáin. " Ya kuma yi kamfen don Motar kebul don haɗa tsibirin Inishbiggle a County Mayo tare da Tsibirin Achill makwabta. Inishbiggle ba shi da sabis na jirgin ruwa, kuma gajeren ƙetare zuwa tsibirin sau da yawa ba za a iya wucewa ba saboda yanayin yanayi mara kyau, sakamakon haka iyalai dole ne su bar tsibirin don yaransu su iya zuwa makaranta. Gwamnati ta amince da tallafawa motar kebul, amma a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2005 an soke shirin don inganta tashar jiragen ruwa.

 Ayyukan siyasa 
Gasarsa ta farko ta siyasa ta kasance a matsayin dan takara mai zaman kansa a zaben da aka yi a 1975 a mazabar Galway West, lokacin da ya lashe kashi 7.5% na kuri'un. A shekara ta 1979, ya shiga Fine Gael, kuma ya tsaya a matsayin dan takarar Fine Gael a Zaben kananan hukumomi na 1979, inda ya lashe kujeru a Majalisar Gundumar Galway da kuma Údarás na Gaeltachta . Ya sake tsayawa ba tare da nasara ba ga Dáil Éireann a babban zaben 1981, Nuwamba 1982 da 1992.

A shekara ta 1989 an zabe shi zuwa Seanad na 19 a kan Kwamitin Kwadago, yana aiki har zuwa 1993. Ya haifar da gardama a cikin Seanad ta hanyar dagewa kan sanya jaket na gargajiya na Connemara 'báinín', da kuma canza sunansa zuwa Pól 'Báinín' Ó Foighil .  Ya kuma yi gwagwarmaya ba tare da nasara ba don samun dokoki da takardun hukuma da aka ba shi a cikin Harshen Irish, wanda a ƙarƙashin Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Ireland shine harshen hukuma na farko.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2005
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928