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Ulick O'Connor (born 1928[1]) is an Irish writer, historian and critic. For a comparatively small island Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to World literature in all its branches

Born in Rathgar, County Dublin, he attended St. Rathgar ( Ráth Garbh in Irish, meaning "Rough Ringfort" is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, lying about 3 kilometres south of the city County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or more correctly today the Dublin Region ( Réigiúin Átha Cliath) is the area that contains the city of Dublin Mary's College, Rathmines and later University College Dublin, and read law and philosophy, becoming known as a keen sporting participant (especially in boxing, rugby and cricket), as well as a distinguished debater, during his time there (O'Connor was an active member of the Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin. University College Dublin (UCD (An Coláiste Ollscoile Baile Átha Cliath - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin (An Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Rugby football (usually just " rugby " may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of Football developed at Rugby School Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The Literary and Historical Society (L&H is University College Dublin ' s oldest debating society and the official College Debating Union )

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Career and Writings

Ulick O'Connor was born in Dublin in 1928 and educated at University College Dublin and Loyola University, New Orleans. After serving at the bar in Dublin, O'Connor spent time as a critic before turning to writing. His work has spanned areas such as biography, poetry, Irish history, drama, diary, and literary criticism. The history of Ireland begins with the first known settlement in Ireland around 8000 BC when Hunter-gatherers arrived from Great Britain and continental Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Literary criticism is the study discussion evaluation and interpretation of Literature.

He is a well-known intellectual figure in contemporary Irish affairs and has expressed strong opinions against censorship and the war on drugs. Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor The War on Drugs is a prohibition campaign undertaken by the United States government with the assistance of participating countries intended to reduce the Illegal He contributes a regular poetry column to Irish daily The Evening Herald, has also written a column for the Sunday Mirror and a sporting column for the Sunday Times, as well as broadcasting on RTE. The Evening Herald is a Tabloid evening Newspaper published in Dublin, Ireland by Independent News & Media.

His best known writing is his biographies of Oliver St. John Gogarty, Brendan Behan, his studies of the early twentieth-century Irish troubles and the Irish Literary Revival. Oliver Joseph St John Gogarty ( August 17, 1878 - September 22, 1957) was an Irish Physician and ear surgeon Brendan Francis Behan (ˈbiːən) (Breandán Ó Beacháin ( February 9, 1923 – March 20, 1964) was an Irish poet short story Celtic Revival covers a variety of movements and trends mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries which drew on Celtic art and traditions

He is also known for the autobiographical "The Ulick O’Connor Diaries 1970-1981: A Cavalier Irishman (2001)", which details his encounters with well-known Irish and international figures, ranging from political (Jack Lynch and Paddy Devlin) to the artistic (Christy Brown and Peter Sellers). John Mary "Jack" Lynch ( Irish: Seán Ó Loinsigh; 15 August 1917 &ndash 20 October 1999 was the fourth Taoiseach of Ireland, Christy Brown ( June 5, 1932 &ndash September 7, 1981) was an Irish Author, painter and Poet Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers ( 8 September 1925 &ndash 24 July 1980) was a British It also documents the progress of the Peace Process during the same time, and the progress of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved

Although he has travelled extensively, O'Connor lives in Rathgar, County Dublin. Rathgar ( Ráth Garbh in Irish, meaning "Rough Ringfort" is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, lying about 3 kilometres south of the city County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or more correctly today the Dublin Region ( Réigiúin Átha Cliath) is the area that contains the city of Dublin

O'Connor is a member of Aosdána. [2]

O'Connor's great-grandfather was Matt Harris, Land Leaguer, Fenian, and Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament. Matthew Harris (also Mat or Matt) (1826– 13 April 1890) was an Irish Fenian, Land Leaguer, nationalist The Irish Land League was an Irish political organization of the late 19th century which sought to help poor Tenant farmers Its primary aim was to abolish Fianna Éireann The Fenians, both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood, were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP (commonly called the Irish Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.

Published works

Plays

Poetry Collections

Non-Fiction and Autobiography

Biographical writings

References

  1. ^ Irish Writers Online entry on O'Connor. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King
  2. ^ Aosdana on O'Connor. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King
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