Background
Source: Wikipedia
Seumas O'Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist, fiction writer, poet, and playwright. Born in Loughrea, County Galway, O'Kelly was educated locally and began his career as a journalist with the Cork newspaper Southern Star. He moved from The Southern Star to the Leinster Leader in Naas where he remained as editor until he went to work in 1916 for Nationality, the Sinn Féin party newspaper.
