She was for most of her life a teacher and later head mistress in an inner city Dublin primary school until her retirement in 1995 due to Parkinson's disease.
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Mary O'Donnell traced the influence of the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas in A Fragile City and the academic and critic Eugene O'Brien, editor of The Irish Book Review, described his work as "that rare combination of the intellectual and the emotional".
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He has retained lifelong contacts with Norwegian friends and sees Scandinavian literature as a major influence.
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O'Siadhail subsequently on a government exchange scholarship studied folklore and Icelandic at the University of Oslo.
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh | Micheál Martin | Pádraig Ó Siadhail | Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin | Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh | Micheal Barrow | Micheal Ray Richardson | Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh | Micheál Mac Liammóir | Micheal Luck | Micheál Ledwith |
He retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2004 championship.