Seumas O'Kelly (1881 â€" 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist,
fiction writer, and playwright.[1]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 â€" a gentle
revolutionary". He wrote numerous plays, short stories, and novels.
His short story "The Weaver's Grave" is among the most acclaimed of
Irish short stories. A radio version of this, adapted and produced by
MÃcheál Ã" hAodha, won the Prix Italia for Radio Drama in
1961.O'Kelly was a friend of the Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith,
founder of both the political party Sinn Féin and its newspaper
Nationality. He died prematurely of a heart attack following a raid at
the paper's headquarters at Harcourt St.[2]These three books are
available in digital copies at HathiTrust as of November 2018.
fiction writer, and playwright.[1]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 â€" a gentle
revolutionary". He wrote numerous plays, short stories, and novels.
His short story "The Weaver's Grave" is among the most acclaimed of
Irish short stories. A radio version of this, adapted and produced by
MÃcheál Ã" hAodha, won the Prix Italia for Radio Drama in
1961.O'Kelly was a friend of the Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith,
founder of both the political party Sinn Féin and its newspaper
Nationality. He died prematurely of a heart attack following a raid at
the paper's headquarters at Harcourt St.[2]These three books are
available in digital copies at HathiTrust as of November 2018.
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