About Me
My name is Úna-Minh Kavanagh (Úna-Minh is my first name) and I’m an award-winning multimedia content creator, games producer and author from Co. Kerry, Ireland. I have a BA in Irish and Journalism from Dublin City University and a Professional Cert. in Digital Policy from UCD, and I’ve been constantly curious my whole life.
I’m an experienced remote worker. I’m a story hunter, and I find great stories.
I run the Irish good news website WeAreIrish.ie, have scripted, filmed and edited Irish language and video game videos for Patreon supporters, and I manage online communities. I co-run the Facebook group ‘Journalism and New Media Jobs’, and the Irish language Discord Verified community ‘Craic le Gaeilge’.
As of 2026, I’ve written 3 books: Anseo (2019, New Island Books), DIY Gaeilge (eBook), DIY Gaeilge Part Two (eBook), and I co-authored Experience Ireland (2022, Lonely Planet). My piece on the realities of video games and production appeared in CTRL: Essays on Video Games (2026, Lilliput Press) and an essay on migration, identity and food appeared in Bia!Zine Vol. 3 (2026)
I spearheaded the team that translated the popular games, Among Us, VVVVVV and Crowded.Folllowed, Axyz, into Irish. More on my work in localisation here.
I was a member of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Anti-Racism Committee in Ireland for years.
I was the Culture Night Trailblazer for Munster and the Irish Language 2020 and a member of the Audience Committee for TG4 2020 – 2025. I won the Emerging Talent award at the Imirt Irish Games Awards 2026.
I love lifting people up
Here are some of my key skills and achievements from my work as a freelancer, games dev and project manager:
- Winner of Emerging Talent Award at the Imirt Irish Game Awards, 2026
- Social Activist of the Year in the 30 Under 30 U Magazine Awards, 2017
- Dublin City University Alumni Mentor and Imirt Irish Games Talent Incubator Mentor
- Experience in teaching blogging Masterclasses, webinars, talks, presentations and as a panellist
- Interdepartmental & collaborative communication
- Experience in social media, community management and consultancy
- Experienced remote worker since 2016
- Research / Writing / Documentation
- Running 1:1s, interpersonal support
- Managing & supporting meetings
- Quality Assurance
- Detail orientated
- Content development
- Production support
- Social media management
- Community management
- Voice acting production, documentation and scouting
- Long-term experience with Slack, Discord, Unity, G Drive, Jira, Ink, Notion, Codecks, SourceTree
- Games shipped on console, PC, Mac, Switch
- Solo game making in Twine, Bitsy, Ren’Py, Scratch, GameMaker
I love stories
- Creativity and curiosity are at my core
- TTRPG lover! I love games like The Quiet Year, The Ground Itself, Dialect, Blades in the Dark and Mappa Mundi. I’m also a Dungeon Master on the same weekly campaign for 7+ years (I create Twine stories / write bumper stories and dialogue for players as bonus content).
- Experience in online news writing, editing and copywriting
- Experience in writing about travel, mental health, video games & food
- First book Anseo was published by New Island Books in 2019. Check out my writing portfolio.
- Self-published successful eBooks DIY Gaeilge: 150 Irish Language Resources and Part Two
- Excerpt of my work featured in the book Voices: An Open Door Book of Stories 2020.
- My piece on video games and production appeared in CTRL: Essays on Video Games
- My essay on migration, identity and food appeared in Bia!Zine Vol. 3
- Blogs nominated for several awards over the years.