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Leon Ó Broin (10 November 1902 – 26 February 1990) was an Irish Civil Servant, writer and playwright, who wrote many plays, stories and historical works in both English and Irish.

He was born in Dublin. He joined Sinn Féin and Fianna Éireann while still at school. He was imprisoned in 1921 and 1922 and afterwards joined the Free State army as a non-combatant. In 1924 he was the first Administrative Officer appointed by the new Free State civil service, where he worked mainly in the Department of Finance. He was Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs from 1948 to 1967.

Together with Frank Duff he formed the Pillar of Fire Society in 1942, for Catholic-Jewish dialogue, after rumours about the killing of Jews in Europe starting coming through to Ireland. He presented a paper at the first meeting, helped by a Jewish colleague and friend, Laurence Elyan.

Writings

Books in Irish

  • Arus na nGábhadh agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1923)
  • Ag Strachadh leis an Saol agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1929)
  • An Rún agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1933)
  • Miss Crookshank agus Emmet (Dublin: Sairseal & Dill 1954)
  • Miss Crookshank agus Coirp Eile (Dublin: Sairseal & Dill 1951)
  • Comhcheilg sa Chaisleán (Dublin 1963)
  • Na Sasanaigh agus Eirí Amach na Cásca (Dublin: Sáirséal agus Dill 1967).

Plays

  • Slan Muirisg (1944)
  • An Boisgín Ceoil (1945)
  • An Oíche úd i mBeithil (1949).

Translations

  • An Maidíneach: Starái na nÉireannach Aontaithe (Dublin 1971).
  • An Fuadach (1931) Kidnapped by R L Stevenson

Books in English

  • The Unfortunate Mr Emmet (1958)
  • Dublin Castle and the Rising: the story of Sir Matthew Nathan (Dublin: Helicon 1966; London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1967)
  • Charles Gavan Duffy, Patriot and Statesman: The Story of Charles Gavan Duffy (Dublin: Duffy 1967)
  • The Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell in Ireland (London: Chatto & Windus; Edinburgh: Archon 1969)
  • Fenian Fever: The American Dilemma (London: Chatto & Windus, 1971)
  • Michael Collins (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1980)
  • In Great Haste: Letters of Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1983)
  • Just like yesterday: an autobiography (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1986)
  • Dublin Castle and the 1916 Rising (Helicon: 1966)
  • The Chief Secretary (London 1969);
  • Revolutionary Underground (1976);
  • Memoir of Joseph Brennan, civil servant and first Governor of Central Bank Dublin (Institute of Public Administration. (1982))
  • Protestant Nationalists in Revolutionary Ireland, The Stopford Connection (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1985)

See also

References

  1. Boylan, Henry (1998). A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. pp. p. 301. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  2. Keogh, Dermot (1998). Jews in Twentieth-century Ireland. Cork: Cork University Press. pp. p. 171. ISBN 9781859181508. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)

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