Ó Faracháin, Roibeárd

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

Ó Faracháin, Roibeárd ( Robert Farren ) (1909–1984), poet. Born into a Dublin working-class family, he was educated at St Patrick's Training College and UCC, before joining Radio Éireann [see RTÉ ] in 1939, becoming Controller of Programmes, 1953–74, and a Director of the Abbey Theatre , 1940–73.

His verse plays include Convention at Druim Ceat and Lost Light , both performed at the Abbey in 1943. Fíon gan Mhoirt (1938) is an Irish short-story collection. Poetry published under his English name includes Thronging Feet (1936); Rime Gentlemen, Please (1945); and The First Exile (1944), an epic of the Life of St Colum Cille . His verse reflects the influence of Sigerson and Austin Clarke in...

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