Standish James O'Grady

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Standish James O'Grady was an Irish historian, writer, and mythographer whose retellings of early Irish legends earned him the title "father of the Irish Literary Revival."

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instanceOf Irish nationalist
human
journalist
mythographer
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
dateOfBirth 1846-09-18
dateOfDeath 1928-05-18
educatedAt Tipperary Grammar School
Trinity College Dublin
ethnicGroup Irish
familyName O'Grady
linked to: O’Grady
fieldOfWork Celtic mythology
Irish history
Irish mythology
genre historical writing
mythological fiction
romantic nationalism
givenName Standish
hasOccupation barrister
influenced George Russell
J. M. Synge
Lady Gregory
W. B. Yeats
linked to: W.B. Yeats
knownFor influence on the Irish Literary Revival
retellings of early Irish legends
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Irish Republican Brotherhood
movement Irish Literary Revival
name Standish James O'Grady
nickname father of the Irish Literary Revival
notableWork Finn and His Companions
History of Ireland: Cuculain and His Contemporaries
linked to: Ulster Cycle

History of Ireland: The Heroic Period
The Coming of Cuculain
The Flight of the Eagle
occupation civil engineer
historian
journalist
writer
placeOfBirth Castletownbere
County Cork
placeOfDeath County Dublin
Shankill
positionHeld editor of the Dublin Daily Express
editor of the Kilkenny Moderator
religion Anglicanism
sexOrGender male

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Irish Literary Revival keyFigure Standish James O'Grady
Celtic Revival hasKeyFigure Standish James O'Grady
Standish James O'Grady name Standish James O'Grady