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Condition - very good - the cover art is a bit demented ( the leprechaun looks somewhat evil) - internally very good, light tanning to pages, introduction by Padraic Colum. Biographic summary on back cover. Previous owner's name internally.
Seumas O'Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish writer and playwright. ( He used the spelling Seumas, not Séamus for his first name)
Born in Loughrea, County Galway, O'Kelly was educated locally and began his career as a journalist with the Cork newspaper The Southern Star. He moved from the Southern Star to the Leinster Leader in Naas where he remained as Editor until he went to work for Griffith's paper. His more militant brother took over at the paper and was interned after the Rising. Seumas returned to the Leader for a brief stint. A friend of Arthur Griffith, he worked with the Sinn Féin newspaper Nationality in 1916. He died prematurely of a heart attack following a raid at the paper’s headquarters at Harcourt St. 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 most acclaimed of Irish short stories.
