Liam Ó Flaithearta
| Liam O'Flaherty | |
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| Born |
28 August 1896 Inishmore, Ireland |
| Died | 7 September 1984 (aged 88) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Literary movement | Irish Renaissance |
| Spouse | Margaret Barrington |
| Children | Pegeen, Joyce |
| Relatives |
Tom O'Flaherty, his brother Breandán Ó hEithir, his nephew John Ford, his cousin |
Liam O'Flaherty (Irish: Liam Ó Flaithearta; 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984) was an Irish novelist and short story writer and a major figure in the Irish literary renaissance. He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Ireland. His brother Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty (also a writer) was also involved in radical politics and their father, Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, before them. A native Irish-speaker from the Gaeltacht, O'Flaherty wrote almost exclusively in English, except for a small number of short stories in Irish.
O'Flaherty was born, a son of Maidhc Ó Flaithearta and Maggie Ganley, at Gort na gCapall, Inishmore. His family, descendants of the Ó Flaithbertaigh family of Connemara, were not well off. The Irish language was widely spoken in the area, and in the O'Flaherty household both English and Irish were used. O'Flaherty was an uncle of Gaelic Athletic Association commentator and writer, Breandán Ó hEithir.
At the age of twelve, he moved to Tipperary to attend Rockwell College. Six years later, in 1914, he moved to Dublin to attend University College Dublin and the Dublin Diocesan teacher training college Holy Cross College. According to The Sunday Times, he also attended Belvedere College and Blackrock College.
It was intended he enter the priesthood, but in 1917 he joined the British Army as a member of the Irish Guards in 1917 under the name 'Bill Ganly'. serving on the Western Front. He found trench life devastatingly monotonous but was badly injured in September 1917 during the Battle of Langemarck, in Belgium. It is speculated that the shell shock suffered was responsible for the mental illness which became apparent in 1933.
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