What is recorded here
Seumas O'Kelly was born in Loughrea, County Galway, in 1881. He became a writer and journalist, moving between Cork and Naas before working for Nationality in Dublin. A British raid on the paper's office in 1918 broke him, and he died of a heart attack the same day. Loughrea gave him life; Dublin took it back within hours.
Why this person is known: Irish journalist, fiction writer, and playwright (1875–1918)
- Birthplace
- Loughrea
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