John M. Feehan

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John M. Feehan (1916 – 1991) was an Irish author and publisher. The eldest son of a schoolmaster, Feehan was born on 8 September 1916 in Dualla, County Tipperary. He entered secondary schooling at Rockwell College and later attended University College Galway.

Feehan joined the Irish Army and reached the rank of captain before resigning in 1945.He had four children. He founded the successful Cork-based publishing house Mercier Press in 1944 and served as its managing director. He published books on Irish literature, culture, religion, and history.

In 1972 Feehan authored Tomorrow To Be Brave which recounted his wife’s life and death by cancer. He explored Ireland on foot and by boat, producing such works as

  • The Wind That Round the Fastnet Sweeps (The Secret Places of the West Cork Coast)
  • Secret Places of the Burren
  • The Magic of the Kerry Coast
  • The Secret Places of the Shannon
  • The Secret Places of Donegal

He appeared as himself in the made-for-TV documentary on Michael Collins, The Shadow of Bialnablath (1991).

Feehan died in Cork on 25 May 1991 of an apparent heart attack at the age of 74.

Contents

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Books

  • My Village - My World / John M. Feehan; foreword by John B. Keane. Cork and Dublin : Mercier Press, c1992.
  • An Apology to the Irish people / John M. Feehan. Cork : Royal Carbery Books : Trade distributor, Mercier Press, c1988.
  • The Secret Places of the Burren / John M. Feehan. Cork : Royal Carbery Books, c1987.
  • The Statesman - a Study of the Role of Charles J Haughey in the Ireland of Tomorrow / John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin: Mercier Press, c1985.
  • Operation Brogue : A Study of the Vilification of Charles Haughey; code-named "Operation Brogue" by the British Secret Service / John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin : Mercier Press, c1984.
  • Bobby Sands and the Tragedy of Northern Ireland / John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin : Mercier Press, c1983.
  • The Shooting of Michael Collins: Murder or Accident / John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin : Mercier Press, c1981.
  • Fifty Years Young: A Tribute to John B. Keane / edited by John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin : Mercier Press, c1979.
  • The Magic of the Kerry Coast / John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin : Mercier Press, c1979.
  • The Wind that Round the Fastnet Sweeps / John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin [etc.] : Mercier Press, c1978. Subsequently under the title:
    The Secret Places of the West Cork Coast / John M. Feehan : Royal Carbery Books : Trade distributors, Mercier Press, c1990.
  • Tomorrow To Be Brave / John M. Feehan. Cork and Dublin : Mercier Press, c1972.
  • An Irish Publisher and His World / John M. Feehan. Cork : Mercier Press, c1969.

[edit] Filmography

  • The Shadow of Beal na blath (1991) (TV) (as Capt. John M. Feehan) .... Himself (author).

[edit] Sources

  • Brady, Anne M. and Brian Cleeve. A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers. The Lilliput Press, 1985, p. 77.
  • Feehan, John M. My village--my world / John M. Feehan ; foreword by John B. Keane. Dublin : Mercier Press, c1992, p. 96.
  • Feehan, John M. Mercier Press, available at :http://www.mercierpress.ie/viewAuthor.aspx?aid=163.
  • Who’ who, what’ what and where in Ireland / in association with The Irish Times. London, Dublin : Geoffrey Chapman, c1973, p. 110.