Liam O'Flaherty
| 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 |
| 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 involved for a time in left-wing politics, as was his brother Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty (also a writer), and their father, Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, before them.
O'Flaherty was born in the remote village of Gort na gCapall, on Inis Mór (one of the Aran Islands), County Galway. 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.
O'Flaherty was born, a son of Maidhc Ó Flaithearta and Maggie Ganley, at Gort na gCapall, Inishmore. At the age of twelve, he went to Rockwell College and later 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. It is speculated that the shell shock suffered was responsible for the mental illness which became apparent in 1933.
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