Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
Directed byDaniel O’Hara
StarringDiyu Daniel Wu
Frank Kelly
Paddy C. Courtney
Richard Morton
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguagesIrish, English, Chinese

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (English: My Name Is Yu Ming) is a 2003 Irish short film. Filmed largely in the Irish language, it tells the tale of a Chinese man who has learned to speak Irish but cannot be understood when he comes to visit largely Anglophonic Ireland. It was directed by Daniel O'Hara and runs 13 minutes long. It is often featured as a studied text on the Irish Leaving Certificate.[1][2]

  1. ^ McMahon, Melanie (2011). "Irish as symptom: the short films of Daniel O'Hara". Irish Studies Review. 19 (2): 207–220. doi:10.1080/09670882.2011.565946. ISSN 0967-0882.
  2. ^ Daly, Adam (23 May 2021). "Ó Yu Ming go dtí TikTok: The funny, unexpected and complicated path of Chinese identity in Ireland". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2023.