Leon Ó Broin
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Leon Ó Broin was an Irish
Civil Servant, writer and playwright, who wrote many plays, stories and historical works in both English and Irish
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He was born in Dublin. He joined Sinn Féin
and Fianna Éireann
while still at school. He was imprisoned in 1921 and 1922 and afterwards joined the Free State
army as a non-combatant. In 1924 he was the first Administrative Officer appointed by the new Free State civil service, where he worked mainly in the Department of Finance. He was Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs from 1948 to 1967.
Together with Frank Duff
he formed the Pillar of Fire Society in 1942, for Catholic-Jewish dialogue, after rumours about the killing of Jews in Europe starting coming through to Ireland. He presented a paper at the first meeting, helped by a Jewish colleague and friend, Laurence Elyan.
Ireland
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Civil Servant, writer and playwright, who wrote many plays, stories and historical works in both English and Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
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He was born in Dublin. He joined Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
and Fianna Éireann
Fianna Éireann
The name Fianna Éireann , also written Fianna na hÉireann and Na Fianna Éireann , has been used by various Irish republican youth movements throughout the 20th and 21st centuries...
while still at school. He was imprisoned in 1921 and 1922 and afterwards joined the Free State
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...
army as a non-combatant. In 1924 he was the first Administrative Officer appointed by the new Free State civil service, where he worked mainly in the Department of Finance. He was Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs from 1948 to 1967.
Together with Frank Duff
Frank Duff (religious worker)
Servant of God Francis Michael "Frank" Duff was a native of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest child of a wealthy family. He is best known for bringing attention to the role of the laity during the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church, and for founding the Legion of Mary.-Early life:Frank...
he formed the Pillar of Fire Society in 1942, for Catholic-Jewish dialogue, after rumours about the killing of Jews in Europe starting coming through to Ireland. He presented a paper at the first meeting, helped by a Jewish colleague and friend, Laurence Elyan.
Books in Irish
- Arus na nGábhadh agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1923)
- Ag Strachadh leis an Saol agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1929)
- An Rún agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1933)
- Miss Crookshank agus Emmet (Dublin: Sairseal & Dill 1954)
- Miss Crookshank agus Coirp Eile (Dublin: Sairseal & Dill 1951)
- Comhcheilg sa Chaisleán (Dublin 1963)
- Na Sasanaigh agus Eirí Amach na Cásca (Dublin: Sáirséal agus Dill 1967).
Translations
- An Maidíneach: Starái na nÉireannach Aontaithe (Dublin 1971).
- An Fuadach (1931) Kidnapped by R L Stevenson
Books in English
- The Unfortunate Mr Robert Emmet (Dublin : Clonmore & Reynolds ; London : Burns Oates & Washbourne 1958)
- Dublin Castle and the 1916 rising: the story of Sir Matthew Nathan (Dublin: Helicon 1966; London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1967)
- Charles Gavan Duffy, patriot and statesman : the story of Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903) (Dublin: Duffy 1967) ISBN 9780900343032
- The Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell in Ireland (London: Chatto & Windus; Edinburgh: Archon 1969) ISBN 9780208009821
- Fenian fever : an Anglo-American dilemma (London: Chatto & Windus, 1971) ISBN 9780701117498
- Michael Collins (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1980) ISBN 9780717110766
- In Great Haste: Letters of Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1983) ISBN 9780717112876
- Just like yesterday: an autobiography (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1986) ISBN 9780717114313
- Revolutionary underground : the story of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, 1858-1924 (1976) ISBN 9780874718638
- No man's man : a biographical memoir of Joseph Brennan, civil servant & first governor of the Central Bank Dublin (Institute of Public Administration. (1982) ISBN 9780906980200
- Protestant Nationalists in Revolutionary Ireland, The Stopford Connection (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1985) ISBN 9780389205692
See also
- Parnell CommissionParnell CommissionThe Parnell Commission was a judicial inquiry in the late 1880s into allegations of crimes by Irish parliamentarian Charles Stewart Parnell which resulted in his vindication.-Background:...
The conspiracy case written about by Ó Broin. - Irish History