Life
1893-1973;
b. near Moycullen Co. Galway, son of small farmer, ed. locally; joined
the Irish Volunteers in 1913; reporter on the Galway Express in
1918, invented own Irish shorthand; joined The Irish Independent in
Dublin, in 1922, reporting Irish politics; m. Ellen Wara, 1931, two daughters;
Irish Academy of Letters Award, 1938; Irish Editor for Irish Independent,
1945; friendship with Máirtín Ó Cadhain from 1932,
urging him leave the IRA to concentrate on writing; vols. of short stories
incl. An Geall a Briseadh (Dublin 1938); Cruithneacht agus Ceannabháin
(Dublin 1940); Or na h-Aithinne (1949); also Dán
(Dublin 1973); Gan Baisteadh (1972), set of autobiographical recollections;
As An nGéibheann (1972), containing letters written
to him by Mairtín Ó Cadhain during the latter’s his
internment, 1939-44. DIW
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Works
Cumhacht na Cunniúna (1936); Cumhacht na Cinneamhna (Dublin:
Oifig an tSolathair 1940), 156pp.; Cruithneacht agus Ceannabhán
(1940); Ór na hAitinne (1949); Gan Baisteadh (1972);
As An nGéibheann (1972); Dán (1973)
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- Aisling ní Dhonnchadha, An Gearrscéal sa Ghaeilge (1981).
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)