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British Authors

Leon Ó Broin was active in establishing An Gúm. He was Permanent Secretary for the Department of Posts and Telegraphs from 1948 and wrote numerous biographical studies in English and Irish.

An Fuadach (The Kidnapping)

Stevenson, 1931 Translator: Leon Ó Broin

Árda Wuthering (Wuthering Heights)

Brontë, 1933 Translator: Seán Ó Cíosáin

Ó Cíosáin also translated Oliver Goldsmith’s (1728-1774) novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) as Viocáire Wakefield in 1931.

Cú na mBaskerville (Hound of the Baskervilles)

Doyle, 1934 Translator: Nioclás Tóibín

Scéal Lorna Doone (Lorna Doone’s Story)

Blackmore, 1934 Translator: Aindrias Ó Baoighil

An tOileán Corghruanach (The Coral Island)

Ballantyre, 1939 Translator: Mícheál Ó Catháin

Short Stories & Folklore
Irish Writers