Muiris Ó Súilleabháin
Muiris Ó Súilleabháin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 February 1904 Great Blasket Island |
| Died | 25 June 1950 (aged 46) Connemara Coast, Ireland |
| Occupation | Author and Garda Síochána |
| Language | Irish language |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Notable works | Fiche Bliain ag Fás (English: Twenty Years a-Growing) |
Muiris Ó Súilleabháin (Irish: [ˈmˠɪɾʲɪʃ oː sˠuːl̠ʲəˈwaːnʲ]; 19 February 1904 – 25 June 1950), anglicised as Maurice O'Sullivan, was an Irish author famous for his Irish language memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket Island and in Dingle, County Kerry, off the western coast of Ireland. It is his unique published work.