Liam Ó Flaithearta was born in the Aran Islands in 1987. He spent time as a soldier in the First World War and the Civil War, a while travelling the world on board a ship, a while in the Bowery, Ne...view moreLiam Ó Flaithearta was born in the Aran Islands in 1987. He spent time as a soldier in the First World War and the Civil War, a while travelling the world on board a ship, a while in the Bowery, New York, before he set upon writing as a craft in the 1920's. He is renowned worldwide for his novels and short stories, that are available in many languages. He died in 1984.view less