Ernie O'Malley

Ernie O'Malley was born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, in 1897 and was prominent in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. His best known works were 'On Another Man's Wound', 'The Singing Flame', and 'Raids and Rallies'. He was for a time editor of 'The Bell', and was given a state funeral with full military honors when he died in Dublin in March 1957.