Life
1914-74; working-class socialist; fought in International brigade, Spanish
Civil War; worked in new theatre Group and its magazine Surge;
operator of 3d. Lending Library by bicycle delivery during Emergency in
Dublin; fndr. of O’Brien Press; f. of Michael O’Brien, the publisher.
Notes
H
Gustave Klaus, ed., Strong Words Brave Deeds, The Poetry, Life and
times of Thomas O’Brien, Volunteer in the Spanish Civil War
(O’Brien Press 1994) [contribs. incl. Seán Ó hEidirsceoil,
Manus O’Riordan, J Bowyer Bell]; but note review by Rory Brennan,
in Books Ireland (Nov. 1995), p.284.
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