PEADAR O'DONNELL: SELECTED WRITINGS (1931-1933)

Peadar O'Donnell was a major literary and political figure in 20th Century Ireland. He was born in County Donegal in 1893 and attended St Patrick's College, Dublin, where he trained as a teacher. He taught on Arranmore Island before spending time in Scotland. Peadar O'Donnell joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the War of Independence. He was imprisoned in Mountjoy Gaol and went on hunger-strike for 41 days. In 1924, he became a member of the Executive and Army Council of the IRA and attempted to persuade the IRA to become a socialist organization. He remained active in politics and helped establish the Workers' Revolutionary Party as a newspaper editor for The Workers' Voice. A founder member of the Republican Congress, he was also a leading opponent of Eoin O'Duffy and the Blue Shirts.

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