Paul O'Neill (author)
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Paul O'Neill OC LLD, (born 1928) is a historian, writer and producer born in Bay de Verde, Newfoundland, Canada, who has written many books on the history of Newfoundland. His parents, Josephine (Flynn) and James O'Neill, were prominent merchants in the town of Bay de Verde. Educated at St. Bonaventure's College in St. John's, National Academy of Theater Arts at New York, O'Neill was an aspiring actor in the United States and England from 1949 to 1952. While he was in England broadcaster Margot Davies had helped him in radio and encouraged him to write.
O'Neill began his career in radio with the CBC in Newfoundland where he headed many shows and school broadcasts such as Reach for the Top. He retired from the CBC in 1986. O'Neill published many plays, articles, poems and stories in addition to works of popular history. He has served as president of the Newfoundland Writer's Guild, chairman of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council and president of the St. John's Folk Arts Council. In 1988, O'Neill was awarded the honorary LL.D by Memorial University of Newfoundland and in 1990 he was appointed to the Order of Canada.
O'Neill's literary works include:
- Spindrift and morning light an anthology of poems. (1968)
- Everyman's complete St. John's guide. 1974
- Legends of a lost tribe folk tales of the Beothuck Indians of Newfoundland 1976
- A seaport legacy the story of St. John's, Newfoundland 1976
- Lord Baltimore and the Avalon plantation 1977
- Jezebels and the just women in Newfoundland 1500-1800 1980
- Breakers stories from Newfoundland and Labrador 1982
- The seat imperial Bay Bulls past and present 1983
- A sound of seagulls: the poetry of Paul O'Neill. 1984
- Upon this rock the story of the Roman Catholic Church in Newfoundland and Labrador 1984
- The Oldest City The Story of St. John’s, Newfoundland 2003 ISBN 0-9730271-2-6
- No Need To Wear Rubbers Travel Diary of James O'Neil 2005 ISBN 0973850116
