George Fitzmaurice
Irish writer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, George Fitzmaurice was an Irish dramatist and short story writer, some of whose plays were broadcast on Radio Éireann. Early life George Fitzmaurice was born at Bedford House, Listowel, County Kerry on 28 January 1877. He attended Duagh National School and later St. Michael's College, Listowel. He was brought up in the Protestant faith as his father was a Protestant clergyman and was the vicar of St. John's Church, Listowel. Fitzmaurice's father died when he was fourteen years old and the family fortune declined. Fitzmaurice took a job in Dublin as a clerk in The Congested Districts Board. In 1916 he enlisted in the British Army and returned to Dublin after the war and was diagnosed with neurasthenia, rendering him fearful of crowds. On his return to Dublin after the war, he took up a position working for the Land Commission.
