Peadar O’Donnell
Peadar O’Donnell was born in Dungloe, Co Donegal in 1893.
He was prominent in the Irish War of Independence, the Civil War, and also fought in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side.
His main works include the novels Storm (1925); Islanders (Jonathan Cape, 1928);Adrigoole (Jonathan Cape, 1929); The Knife (London, Jonathan Cape, 1930); and Proud Island (Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1975).
His play is Wrack (1935), and his autobiography is Salud: An Irishman in Spain (1937).
He edited the Irish literary journal The Bell from 1946 until 1954.
He was a member of Aosdána, and died in 1986.
