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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Liam O'Flaherty was a significant Irish novelist and short story writer and a major figure in the Irish literary renaissance, born August 28, 1896, died September 7, 1984. O'Flaherty was born in the remote village of Gort na gCapall, on Inishmore, county Galway. His family, descendants of the A Flaithbertaigh family of Connemara, were not well off. The Irish language was widely spoken in the area, and in the O'Flaherty household both English and Irish were used. O'Flaherty was the son of Maidhc A Flaithearta and Maggie Ganley of Gort na gCapall. In 1908, at the age of twelve, he went to Rockwell College. This was followed by enrollments at Holy Cross and University College, Dublin. According to The Sunday Times, he also attended Belvedere College and Blackrock College. He did not attend the first two schools for long. He had intended joining the priesthood, but in 1917 he left school and joined the Irish Guards under the name 'Bill Ganly'

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