Peter O'Leary

Peter O'Leary


Father Pidar Wa Laogher ( also Pedar Ó Laogir (April 1839 - March 21, 1920) was an Irish writer and Catholic priest who is considered today one of the founders of modern literature in Irish. He was born in Klondrochid County, County Cork, and grew up in Münster Irish at Maskerry Geltacht. He was a descendant of the branch of Carrignacurra Ó Laoghaire of ancient Corcu Loígde. He attended St. Patrick’s College in Mainut and was ordained priest of the Roman Catholic Church in 1867. He became a parish priest in Castellions in 1891, and it was there that he wrote his most famous story, Seadna, and described it as a fireplace. a story for three little girls. Sedna was the first major literary work of the new Gaelic revival. It has been serialized in the Gaelic Journal since 1894 and published as a book in 1904. The plot of this story is about a deal that the shoemaker Sedna made with The Dark Man. Although this story is rooted in folklore, which the writer heard from the Shanos at the fire in his youth, he is also closely connected with the German legend of Faust. It was first published as a series in various Irish magazines.