Muiris o suilleabhain biography of barack

Irish author (1904–1950)

This article is about the Irish author. For the Australian politician, see Maurice O'Sullivan (politician).

Muiris o suilleabhain biography of barack

For the historian and literary scholar, see Maurice J. O'Sullivan. For the British boxer, see Maurice O'Sullivan (boxer).

Muiris Ó Súilleabháin (Irish:[ˈmˠɪɾʲɪʃoːsˠuːl̠ʲəˈwaːnʲ]; 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.

Writings

Fiche Blian ag Fás (Twenty Years a-Growing) was published in Irish and English in 1933. As one of the last areas of Ireland in which the Irish language and culture had continued unchanged, the Great Blasket Island was a place of enormous interest to those seeking traditional Irish narratives.

Ó Súilleabháin was persuaded to write his memoirs by George Thom