Aodh De Blácam

Aodh De Blácam (born Hugh Blackham, 1890–January 1951) was an Irish journalist, writer and editor.

He was born in London of Irish parents. He joined the Enniscorthy Echo in 1915. During the Irish War of Independence he wrote nationalist propaganda. He was interned in 1922.

After writing a number of books he joined The Irish Times, which he left to become editor of the Catholic Standard.[1]

He was a member of the Fianna Fáil executive until 1947.

Bibliography

Holy Romans: a young Irishman's story 1920

References

  1. ↑ Boylan, Henry (1998). A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. p. 98. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4.

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