Ó Caomhánaigh, Seán Óg (Mac Murchadha)

Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, The, January, 2000 by ROBERT WELCH

>Ó Caomhánaigh, Seán Óg [Mac Murchadha] (1885–1946), folklorist and novelist, also known as ‘Seán an Chóta’. Born in Co. Kerry, he was educated there and at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He emigrated to America, working for some years in the MidWest, experiences which are reflected in Fánaí (1927), an amalgam of American dime novel and Irish folklore, in which the hero, a farm labourer, wins the hand of a rich woman.

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