Standish O'Grady

Born in County Cork on September 18, 1846, he became an Irish author, journalist, and historian whose work had a lasting influence on the Celtic Revival. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and later built a career in journalism as well as literature.

He is best remembered for reshaping early Irish legend for a wide readership, especially in books such as History of Ireland: Heroic Period. Admirers later called him the "father of the Irish literary revival" because his retellings encouraged new interest in Ireland's mythic past and inspired later writers.

O'Grady died on May 18, 1928, in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. Today he is remembered as an important bridge between old heroic tradition and modern Irish literature.