Seán O'Casey

Seán O'Casey, born John Casey in Dublin on 30 or 31 March 1880, was the youngest of a large family; his father died when he was six. An eye disease disrupted his schooling, and he taught himself to read at about thirteen. A labourer, he joined the Gaelic League, followed the trade unionist Jim Larkin and became secretary of the Irish Citizen Army. After the riots provoked in 1926 by another of his plays, he settled in England, where he died in Torquay on 18 September 1964.

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• TheatreJuno and the PaycockSeán O'Casey · 1924Literature