Nobody's Business

Ernie O’Malley was a revolutionary republican and writer. One of the leading figures in the Irish Independence and civil wars, he survived wounds, imprisonment and hunger strike before going to the USA in 1928 to fundraise on de Valera’s behalf. His books include On Another Man’s Wound (1936), The Singing Flame (1936) and Raids and Rallies (1985). The Lilliput Press has previously published two collections of O’Malley’s writings: No Surrender Here! The Civil War Papers of Ernie O'Malley 1922–1924 (2007) and Broken Landscapes: Selected Letters of Ernie O’Malley 1924-1957 (2011).

Cormac K.H. O'Malley co-edited with Anne Dolan No Surrender Here! Civil War Letters of Ernie O'Malley, 19221924 (The Lilliput Press 2007), and, with Nicholas Allen Broken Landscapes: Selected Letters of Ernie O'Malley, 1924-1957 (The Lilliput Press 2011). He lives in Connecticut and is the son of Ernie O'Malley (see www.ernieomalley.com). Róisín Kennedy is lecturer in the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin. She is former Yeats Curator at the National Gallery of Ireland and former Curator of the State Collection at Dublin Castle. She contributed to Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks, edited by Fintan O’Toole (Royal Irish Academy 2016) and Art and Architecture of Ireland, III, IV and V (Royal Irish Academy 2014). She curates, writes and publishes widely on modern Irish art and its contexts.