Writer who could see the dangers ahead

FRANK O’CONNOR was scathingly critical of those who neglected Ireland’s heritage and of the educational system which leaves the Irish in such ignorance of their rich history.

Writer who could see the dangers ahead
Thu, 12 May, 2005 - 01:00

He wrote: “No one who does not love the sense of the past should ever come near us” (Holiday magazine, December, 1949).

He denounced the modern despoilers and “businessmen with an eye to the main chance.”

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