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Seumas O'Brien

b. 1880

Best known for a small body of early 20th-century Irish comic writing, this author is remembered for light, lively stage pieces with a strong local flavor. Surviving records are thin, but his work has continued to circulate in reprints, libraries, and public-domain editions.

2 Audiobooks

The Whale and the Grasshopper, and Other Fables

by Seumas O'Brien

Duty, and Other Irish Comedies

Duty, and Other Irish Comedies

by Seumas O'Brien

About the author

Seumas O'Brien was an Irish writer associated with comic drama in the early 1900s. Sources found for this page consistently connect him with Duty, and Other Irish Comedies, a collection published in 1916, and book listings also attribute The Whale and the Grasshopper: And Other Fables to him.

Reliable biographical detail appears to be limited. Some modern library and public-domain listings identify him simply as an Irish playwright born in 1880, but beyond that, I couldn't confirm much with confidence from accessible sources during this search.

That scarcity of background makes the work itself stand out even more: short, humorous, distinctly Irish pieces that have stayed in circulation long after their first publication. If you enjoy compact comedies and overlooked writers from the public-domain era, his books are an appealing discovery.