Frank Gallagher (author)

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Frank B. Gallagher (pseudo. David Hogan) (1893 – 1962) was an Irish author and Volunteer.

[edit] Biography

A Cork native, initially editor of William O'Brien's Cork Free Press which suffered closure in 1916 soon after the appointment of Lord Decies as Chief Press Censor for Ireland. Decies warned the press to be careful about what they published. Such warnings had little effect when dealing with such papers as the Cork Free Press. It was suppressed after Gallagher accused the British authorities of lying about the conditions and situation of republican prisioners in the Frongoch internment camp[1].

Gallagher worked alongside Erskine Childers on the Republican publicity staff and fought alongside Eamon de Valera during the Irish War of Independence. He would write several short stories for de Valera under various pseudoynms. Gallagher served long stints in prison due to his IRA involvement and went on many hunger strikes. (the shortest lasting 3 days, the longest 41).[2] He founded the Irish Press in 1931 and was appointed deputy director of Radio Éireann in 1936. He would later serve as the director of the Government Information Bureau from 1939–48 and again through 1951-54. Gallagher has composed numerous short stories, biographies and historical pieces.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peter Martin Censorship in the two Irelands 1922-39, Introduction p.9, Irish Academic Press (2008) ISBN 0-7165-2829-0
  2. ^ Garrity, Davin A. 44 Irish Short Stories. Seventeenth Edition. Devin-Adair. Co. 1988. Retrieved Oct. 08, 2007.
  3. ^ [1] Gallagher at Princess Grace Irish Library. Retrieved Oct. 08, 2007.
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