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Peadar O'Donnell

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Description:Peadar O'Donnell (1893-1986), writer and socialist, was born in Meenmore in west Donegal and educated at St. Patrick's Teacher-Training College in Dublin. He became a teacher and union organiser. He took the Republican side in the Civil War of 1922-3, recording his experiences in The Gates Flew Open (1932), and edited the IRA paper An Phoblacht from 1926-29. In 1940 he founded The Bell and took over as editor (1946-54) when Sean O'Faolain retired. All six of his novels, including the classic Islanders (1928) and The Big Windows (1955) are set in west Donegal, which he knew from boyhood and where he taught. For most of his ninety-three years O'Donnell was a fighter for social justice, his writings in fiction implicitly furthering the socialism in which he believed.This new biography depicts Peadar O'Donnell as one of the most influential shapers of modern Ireland, through both politics and literature. This book, which draws on hitherto-unpublished papers and interviews, brings to life the person, the politician and the writer that was Peadar O'Donnell.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peadar O'Donnell. To get started finding Peadar O'Donnell, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Peadar O'Donnell (1893-1986), writer and socialist, was born in Meenmore in west Donegal and educated at St. Patrick's Teacher-Training College in Dublin. He became a teacher and union organiser. He took the Republican side in the Civil War of 1922-3, recording his experiences in The Gates Flew Open (1932), and edited the IRA paper An Phoblacht from 1926-29. In 1940 he founded The Bell and took over as editor (1946-54) when Sean O'Faolain retired. All six of his novels, including the classic Islanders (1928) and The Big Windows (1955) are set in west Donegal, which he knew from boyhood and where he taught. For most of his ninety-three years O'Donnell was a fighter for social justice, his writings in fiction implicitly furthering the socialism in which he believed.This new biography depicts Peadar O'Donnell as one of the most influential shapers of modern Ireland, through both politics and literature. This book, which draws on hitherto-unpublished papers and interviews, brings to life the person, the politician and the writer that was Peadar O'Donnell.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peadar O'Donnell. To get started finding Peadar O'Donnell, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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