The
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Padraic Colum
(1881-1972)
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This Irish-American writer and poet, was born in
Longford, Ireland in 1881. At 17 he became a clerk at the Irish Railway
Clearing House and wrote in his spare time. He quit in 1904 to focus on
his writing. He acted with the Irish National Theater society and was a
founding member of the Abbey Theater. He married in 1912 and emigrated
to the United States in 1914, settling in New York City. Colum wrote children's
stories based on Irish folklore for the Sunday Tribune, publishing a collection
of his stories, The King of Ireland's Son in 1916. In
addition to his children's stories Colum wrote poetry and novels. Colum
died in Enfield, Connecticut, on 11 January 1972. Works include: Wild
Earth (1907), The Story of Lowry Maen (1937); Anthology of
Irish Verse (1948); Collected Poems (1953); Treasury of Irish Folklore
(1954); Stone of Victory (1966) and The Six Who Were Left in
a Shoe (1968). |
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