Nuala O’Faolain was born in Dublin in 1940. Her autobiographical books are Are You Somebody? (Dublin, New Island Books, 1996/New York, Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company, 1996), which became an international bestseller; and its sequel Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman (Riverhead Books/London, Michael Joseph, 2003). Her novels are My Dream [...]
Bridget O’Connor was born in Harrow, London. She was the second of five children of Bridie and Jim O’Connor, from Limerick and Cork. Her short story collections are Here Comes John (1993) and Tell Her You Love Her (1997), which were translated into several languages, including Serbo-Croat. Her story A Woman’s Hair was included in [...]
Eileen O’Faolain, née Gould, was born in Cork in 1902. She married Sean O’Faolain in 1927. Her children’s books include The Little Black Hen (New York, Random House, 1940); The Children of the Crooked Castle (Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1945); Miss Pennyfeather and the pooka (illustrated by Norah McGuinness, New York, Random House, 1946); Miss [...]
Julia O’Faolain was born in London in 1932 to the writer Sean O’Faolain and children’s writer Eileen O’Faolain (née Gould). Her works include the short story collections We Might See Sights! and Other Stories (London, Faber & Faber, 1968); Man in the Cellar (Faber & Faber, 1974); and Daughters of Passion (London, Penguin, 1982). Her [...]
Ó Baoill, Aindrias (1888-1972) Rugadh i mbaile fearann Carbad i gceantar na nGleanntach, Co.Dhun na nGall. 1888. Bun-oideachas: Scoil Náisiúnta Cill Choinnigh . Bhain teastas múinteora amach i gColáiste Thuar Mhic Éadaigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo. Múinteoir Gaeilge i nGleann Fhinne, Cloich Cheann Fhaola, is i gCarn Domhnaigh. Sna fichidí ceapadh é mar cláraitheoir Beireatas, Básanna [...]
Edna O’Brien was born in Co Clare. Her novels include The Country Girls (London, Hutchinson & Company 1960); The Lonely Girl (London, Jonathan Cape, 1962 – published in paperback as Girl With Green Eyes, London, Penguin Books, 1964); Girls in their Married Bliss (Jonathan Cape, 1963); August is a Wicked Month (1964); Casualties of Peace [...]
Flann O’Brien was born Brian O’Nolan in County Tyrone, on 5 October 1911, and grew up in Dublin. He was a civil servant for eighteen years, but in the 1930s began writing a bi-lingual column for The Irish Times under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen (Myles of the Small Horses). He also wrote a column [...]
George O’Brien was born in Lismore, Co Waterford. His works include the memoirs The Village of Longing (Leamington Spa, Sixth Chamber Press / Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1987); Dancehall Days (Sixth Chamber Press / The Lilliput Press, 1998); and Out of Our Minds (Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1998). His other work includes Brien Friel (Dublin, [...]
Jean O’Brien was born in Dublin. A founder member of the Dublin Writers’ Workshop, her collections are The Shadow Keeper (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Poetry, 1997); Dangerous Dresses (Cork, Bradshaw Books, 2005); and Lovely Legs (Salmon Poetry, 2009). Amongst her awards is the Fish International Poetry Award, 2008, and the Arvon International Poetry competition, 2010, [...]
Kate O’Brien was born in Limerick in 1897, and spent many years in Spain. Her novels include Without My Cloak (London, Heinemann 1931); The Ante-Room (Heinemann, 1934); Mary Lavelle (Heinemann 1936); The Land of Spices (Heinemann, 1941); The Last of Summer (Heinemann, 1943); and That Lady (Heinemann, 1946). She wrote several non-fiction works, including Teresa [...]
