Who is Seumas O'kelly
Seumas O'Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist, fiction writer, and playwright.Born in Loughrea, County Galway, O'Kelly was educated locally and began his career as a journalist with the Cork newspaper Southern Star. He moved from The Southern Star to the Leinster Leader in Naas where he remained as Editor until he went to work in 1916 for Nationality, the Sinn Féin party newspaper. Michael O'Kelly more militant brother took over at the Leader in 1912, but was interned after the April 1916 Easter Rising. Seumas returned to the Leader for a brief stint. There is a plaque in his honour outside the Leader's offices which reads "Seumas O'Kelly – a gentle revolutionary". He wrote numerous plays, short stories, and novels. His short story "The Weaver's Grave" is among the ...Read Full Biography of Seumas O'kelly
Seumas O'kelly Poems
- The Bard On The Bodach (who Has Denied Him Hospitality)
May a messenger come from the High Place of God
To bear up your soul to a throne-
But a robber be robbing him on the way back
And your fall be as dead as a stone....
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Jjohnfoyle: not in the exhibition, estella solomons ' portrait of seumas o'kelly, 1881-1918. further proof that he's not the o'kelly who is in the photo from 1902, featuring james joyce, about which i'm doing a bit of research.Polmag2016: an scríbhneoir seumas o'kelly... author of waysiders, shuiler's child, weaver's grave...
Boucher_clare: how have i not heard of seumas o’kelly before? ‘the weaver’s grave’ is a stunning short story/novella. strongly recommended.
Noonofday: an earlier book with artwork by micheál mac liammóir is seumas o'kelly's collection of short stories 'hillsiders' of 1921 for which he illustrated the cover & frontispiece. mac liammóir was then only his in early twenties & still signing his work under the name michael willmore.
Nearfm: from last week donie speaks to mairdhia ni mhurchu about the annual remembrance of writer seumas o’kelly
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