Pádraig Ó Siadhail was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1957, and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ó Siadhail completed a PhD at Trinity College Dublin in 1985.
[2] Ó Siadhail is an emeritus professor at Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, where he specialises in Celtic studies.
Among Ó Siadhail's works are the murder mystery Peaca an tSinsir (1996), a collection of short stories under the title Seacht gCineál Meisce agus Finscéalta Eile (2001), a historical novel entitled Beirt Bhan Mhisniúla (2011), a biography of Piaras Béaslaí, Irish nationalist and writer, and a collection of essays about Canada, Idir Dhá Thír: Sceitsí ó Cheanada (2005).
"‘Anna Ghordún’ agus an ‘Gaberlunzie Man.’ Nóta faisnéise faoi Anne Gordon Rudmose-Brown agus faoi Phádraic Ó Conaire," in Eoin Mac Cárthaigh & Jürgen Uhlich (eds.