Pádraic Ó Conaire
Pádraic Ó Conaire | |
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| Born | Patrick Joseph Conroy 20 February 1882 Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 6 October 1928 (aged 46) Dublin, Ireland |
| Pen name | None |
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| Language | Irish |
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| Spouse | Molly Ní Mhanais |
Pádraic Ó Conaire (28 February 1882 – 6 October 1928) was an Irish writer and journalist whose production was primarily in the Irish language. In his lifetime he wrote 26 books, 473 stories, 237 essays and 6 plays. His acclaimed novel Deoraíocht has been described by Angela Bourke as 'the earliest example of modernist fiction in Irish'.