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Patricia Lynch (4 June 1894– 1 September 1972) [1] was an Irish children's writer and a journalist. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was the author of some 48 novels and 200 short stories. She is best known for blending Irish rural life and fantasy fiction as in The Turf-Cutter's Donkey which was illustrated by Jack B. Yeats .
Sport, play and fighting. " Bold Thady Quill " – a Cork song written about 1895 by Johnny Tom Gleeson (1853–1924) [ 101 ] "The Bold Christy Ring" – song about Cork hurler Christy Ring to the tune of Bold Thady Quill. "The Contender" – song by Jimmy Macarthy about 1930s Irish boxer Jack Doyle, recorded by Christy Moore.
R. M. Fox. Richard Michael Fox (1891–December 1969), better known as R. M. Fox, was a journalist and historian of the Irish left . Fox was born in Leeds in 1891, the second of four sons to a schoolteacher mother and engineering workman father. As a child his family moved to London, where he left school at age 14.
Michael Collins (Irish: Mícheál Ó Coileáin; [1] 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. [2] During the War of Independence he was Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and a government ...
Career. Pat Lynch's brother Steve was a member of The Dixies, a successful showband in the 1960s. Pat got his break in 1964 when he was recruited into The Clipper Carlton showband. In 1965 he became the lead singer of the Airchords, a band founded by Irish Air Corps members. [4] They had their first number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1967 ...
B. Alex Barclay. Nancy Bell (author) Jon Berkeley. John Boyne. Sarah Rees Brennan. John Byrne (columnist)
Patricia Lynch, Storyteller, published by Liberties Press in 2005, is a biography of one of Ireland's most popular authors of children's books.Young discusses the author's life and work, shedding light on her relationship with her family and her husband, R. M. Fox, on her dealings with her various publishers, and on the creation of her many books.
1 September – Patricia Lynch, children's writer (born c.1894). 29 September – Kathleen Clarke, widow of Republican leader Tom Clarke, Sinn Féin party member and later a Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member, first female Lord Mayor of Dublin (born 1878). 11 October – Wattie Dunphy, Kilkenny hurler (b. c1895).