Úna-Minh Kavanagh Explained

Úna-Minh Kavanagh
Birth Date:4 July 1991
Birth Place:Vietnam
Nationality:Irish
Alma Mater:Dublin City University
Known For:
  1. FrásaanLae (#Phrase of the day) and #WeAreIrish
Notable Works:ANSEO: An Unconventional Irish Memoir

Úna-Minh Kavanagh (Irish: Úna-Minh Chaomhánach; born 4 July 1991), is an Irish travel writer, journalist, and social media manager.

Biography

Born in Vietnam on 4 July 1991,[1] Úna-Minh Kavanagh was introduced to her future mother Noreen Kavanagh in Hanoi at three days old. Noreen Kavanagh was a primary school teacher from Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Úna-Minh was brought home to Ireland at six weeks of age and raised by her mother and grandfather, Paddy Kavanagh. She learned Irish as one of her spoken languages. She continued to study Irish in Dublin City University and earned a degree in Irish and Journalism.[2]

Kavanagh came to national attention after an event which occurred on 30 May 2013, in Dublin. She was standing at Parnell Street with a boy, when a group of teenagers, grabbed her face and spat on her whilst calling her racial slurs. Her response to this and other similar events in her life where she experienced racism inspired her to make an online Twitter campaign celebrating the diversity of Irish people.[3] [4] [5]

Kavanagh created a blog about travelling with her mother, and wrote a book about growing up as an Irish speaking person overcoming loss, and racism, as well as her love of the language.[6] [7] [8] Increasingly Kavanagh is known for being an advocate for the Irish language and is a Duolingo-partnered streamer for Irish and English.[9] [10] [11]

Today Kavanagh works as a freelance journalist and content creator. She created the website We are Irish which is designed to share good news and stories about Irish people, the country and anything related to either.[12] She has worked on TG4 and with the trade union Fórsa. Her YouTube videos are centered on travel vlogs and gaming videos, both in the Irish language, and funded through her Patreon account.

In 2020, Kavanagh joined the new independent Anti-Racism Committee.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Kavanagh was made a member of the TG4 Audience Council in 2020 and will serve on that group for five years.[18] She was also one of the National Ambassadors for Culture Night in 2020.[19]

In July 2021, Kavanagh worked alongside three other Irish: Gaeilgeoirí to launch the official Irish-language translation of the online multiplayer video game Among Us.[20] She also created two compilations of resources for learning Irish entitled DIY Gaeilge: 150 Online Irish Language Resources and DIY Gaeilge Part Two: 50 More Irish Language Resources.[21] [22]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leonard . Sue . Úna-Minh Kavanagh . Sue Leonard . 12 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Céad míle fáilte?. 2019-11-02. Independent.ie. 2020-01-23.
  3. Web site: O'Connor . Amy . This Kerry woman was sick of being asked why she looked 'different' - so she set up a project about Irish diversity . The Daily Edge . 2020-01-23 . 2020-01-23.
  4. News: They called me a Chink and spat at me. No one helped . The Irish Times . 2013-03-21 . 2020-01-23.
  5. News: O'Connell. Hugh. Young woman racially abused and spat on in Dublin city centre. 31 May 2013. The Journal. 9 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Every day is mother's day as duo travel the world together. Bowers. Shauna. 2019-03-30. The Times. 2020-01-23.
  7. News: Anseo: a beautiful book interweaving family, race, Gaeilge and social media. O Broin. Eoin. 2013-03-21. The Irish Times. 2020-01-23.
  8. Web site: This Gaeilgeoir had the best response for a man who questioned her 'Irishness'. Loftus. Valerie. 2020-01-23. The Daily Edge. 2020-01-23.
  9. Web site: How To Learn Irish? - Úna-Minh Kavanagh . Totally Dublin . 13 May 2020.
  10. News: Úna-Minh Kavanagh Loves Irish – And Wants You to Love it Too . www.universitytimes.ie.
  11. Web site: O'Donoghue . Niall . Meet the streamers keeping the Irish language alive on Twitch . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . 13 February 2020.
  12. News: Anseo! Úna-Minh Kavanagh on being positive & saying no to racism . 8 January 2020 . en.
  13. Web site: Úna-Minh Kavanagh To Launch First Book In Tralee Next Week. Crean. Dermot. 2019-10-15. Tralee Today. 2020-01-23.
  14. Web site: Online Lives: Úna-Minh Kavanagh. O'Donoghue. Denise. 2018-01-29. irishexaminer.com. 2020-01-23.
  15. Web site: Kinsella . Elaine . Kerry's most influential women at home and abroad . rsvp . 2019-11-06 . 2020-01-23.
  16. Web site: In the name of the Fada. Mc Goran. Peter. 2019-11-27. Hot Press. PressReader. 2020-01-23.
  17. Web site: Equality . The Department of Justice and . Action Plan Against Racism for Ireland to be drawn up by new independent Anti-Racism Committee . The Department of Justice and Equality . en.
  18. Web site: TG4 Board . TG4 . en-ie.
  19. Web site: Úna-Minh Kavanagh - Culture Night . Culture Night.
  20. News: Among Us launches official Irish language translation. RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Barry. O'Rourke. 21 July 2021. 21 July 2021.
  21. News: Bryan . Mike McGrath . 'Ask yourself why you want to learn': Úna-Minh Kavanagh on Irish for Culture Night . Irish Examiner . 16 September 2020 . en.
  22. Web site: Úna-Minh Kavanagh . Payhip.

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