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| *{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/unfortunate-mr-robert-emmet/oclc/264934136 ''The Unfortunate Mr Robert Emmet|place=London|publisher=Burns Oates & Washbourne|date=1958}} | *{{cite web|last=O'Broin|first=Leon|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/unfortunate-mr-robert-emmet/oclc/264934136 ''The Unfortunate Mr Robert Emmet|place=London|publisher=Burns Oates & Washbourne|date=1958}} | ||
| *{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/dublin-castle-and-the-1916-rising-the-story-of-sir-matthew-nathan/oclc/1699538 ''Dublin Castle and the 1916 rising: the story of Sir Matthew Nathan|place=London|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|date=1967}} | *{{cite web|last=O'Broin|first=Leon|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/dublin-castle-and-the-1916-rising-the-story-of-sir-matthew-nathan/oclc/1699538 ''Dublin Castle and the 1916 rising: the story of Sir Matthew Nathan|place=London|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|date=1967}} | ||
| *{{cite book|last=O'Broin|first=Leon|title=Charles Gavan Duffy, patriot and statesman: the story of Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)|place=Dublin|publisher=Duffy|date= 1967|isbn=978-0-900343-03-2}} | *{{cite book|last=O'Broin|first=Leon|title=Charles Gavan Duffy, patriot and statesman: the story of Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903)|place=Dublin|publisher=Duffy|date= 1967|isbn=978-0-900343-03-2}} | ||
| *{{cite book|last=O'Broin|first=Leon|title=The Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell in Ireland||place=London|publisher=Chatto & Windus|place=Edinburgh Archon|date=1969|isbn=978-0-208-00982-1}} | *{{cite book|last=O'Broin|first=Leon|title=The Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell in Ireland||place=London|publisher=Chatto & Windus|place=Edinburgh Archon|date=1969|isbn=978-0-208-00982-1}} | ||
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Leon Ó Broin (10 November 1902––26 February 1990) was an Irish Civil Servant, writer and playwright, who wrote many plays, stories and historical works in both English and Irish.
He was born in Dublin. He joined Sinn Féin and Fianna Éireann while still at school. He was imprisoned in 1921 and 1922 and afterwards joined the Free State army as a non-combatant. In 1924 he was the first Administrative Officer appointed by the new Free State civil service, where he worked mainly in the Department of Finance. He was Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs from 1948 to 1967.
Together with Frank Duff he formed the Pillar of Fire Society in 1942, for Catholic-Jewish dialogue, after rumours about the killing of Jews in Europe started to come through to Ireland. He presented a paper at the first meeting, helped by a Jewish colleague and friend, Laurence Elyan.
Writings
Books in Irish
- Arus na nGábhadh agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1923)
- Ag Strachadh leis an Saol agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1929)
- An Rún agus Scéalta Eile (Dublin 1933)
- Miss Crookshank agus Emmet (Dublin: Sairseal & Dill 1954)
- Miss Crookshank agus Coirp Eile (Dublin: Sairseal & Dill 1951)
- Comhcheilg sa Chaisleán (Dublin 1963)
- Na Sasanaigh agus Eirí Amach na Cásca (Dublin: Sáirséal agus Dill 1967).
Plays
- Slan Muirisg (1944)
- An Boisgín Ceoil (1945)
- An Oíche úd i mBeithil (1949).
Translations
- An Maidíneach: Starái na nÉireannach Aontaithe (Dublin 1971).
- An Fuadach (1931) Kidnapped by R L Stevenson
Books in English
- O'Broin, Leon (1958). London: Burns Oates & Washbourne The Unfortunate Mr Robert Emmet http://www.worldcat.org/title/unfortunate-mr-robert-emmet/oclc/264934136 The Unfortunate Mr Robert Emmet.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - O'Broin, Leon (1967). London: Sidgwick & Jackson Dublin Castle and the 1916 rising: the story of Sir Matthew Nathan http://www.worldcat.org/title/dublin-castle-and-the-1916-rising-the-story-of-sir-matthew-nathan/oclc/1699538 Dublin Castle and the 1916 rising: the story of Sir Matthew Nathan.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - O'Broin, Leon (1967). Charles Gavan Duffy, patriot and statesman: the story of Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903). Dublin: Duffy. ISBN 978-0-900343-03-2.
- O'Broin, Leon (1969). The Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell in Ireland. Edinburgh Archon: Chatto & Windus. ISBN 978-0-208-00982-1.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - O'Broin, Leon (1971). Fenian fever: an Anglo-American dilemma. London: Chatto & Windus. ISBN 978-0-7011-1749-8.
- O'Broin, Leon (1980). Michael Collins. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-1076-6.
- O'Broin, Leon (1983). In Great Haste: Letters of Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-1287-6.
- O'Broin, Leon (1986). Just like yesterday: an autobiography. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-1431-3.
- O'Broin, Leon (1976). Revolutionary underground: the story of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, 1858-1924. ISBN 978-0-87471-863-8.
- O'Broin, Leon (1982). No man's man: a biographical memoir of Joseph Brennan, civil servant & first governor of the Central Bank Dublin. Institute of Public Administration. ISBN 978-0-906980-20-0.
- {[cite book|last=O'Broin|first=Leon|title=Protestant Nationalists in Revolutionary Ireland, The Stopford Connection|place=Dublin|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|date=1985|isbn= 978-0-389-20569-2}}
See also
- Parnell Commission The conspiracy case written about by Ó Broin.
- Irish History
References
- Boylan, Henry (1998). A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. pp. p. 301. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - Keogh, Dermot (1998). Jews in Twentieth-century Ireland. Cork: Cork University Press. pp. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-85918-150-8.
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