O'Donovan Rossa: An Irish Revolutionary in America - Paperback

by Patrick McWilliams (Translator), Sean O. Luing (Author)

"O'Donovan Rossa: An Irish Revolutionary in America" presents the human face of one of Ireland's greatest freedom fighters. The indomitable spirit of this Fenian leader, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, is evoked by Patrick Pearse's prophetic words over his grave in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, 1915: "While Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at rest." Se n L ing's fascinating account of O'Donovan Rossa's unrelenting commitment to the Irish cause, translated from Irish by Dr. Patrick McWilliams, is an essential chapter of Irish republican history.

Author Biography

Dr Seán Ó Lúing (1917-2000) was a former head of the translation section of the Houses of the Oireachtas and the author of several books. He was a prolific writer, from the publication of his first book, a biography of Arthur Griffith, Art Ó Gríofa: réamhrá le Pádraig Ó Caoimh, in 1953, up to his death. He was a poet, a contributor to historical journals and a linguist. Born in Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry, Ireland, he was educated at the local national school, St Brendan's College, Killarney, and University College Dublin, from where he graduated in 1938 with a BA. He was conferred with an MA in 1943, the year he joined the translation section of the Houses of the Oireachtas. He had previously worked as a teacher in Laois and Dublin.