(original spelling ) is an Irish-language novel by Pádraic Ó Conaire. An English translation is published under the title ''Exile''. Published in 1910, it is arguably (

Peadar Ó Laoghaire Father Peadar Ua Laoghaire or Peadar Ó Laoghaire (, first name locally ; 30 April 1839 – 21 March 1920), also anglicized as Peter O'Leary, was an Irish writer and Catholic priest, who is regarded today as one of the founders of modern literatu ...

's ''Séadna'' also being a contender for the position) the most important novel from the

Gaelic revival The Gaelic revival ( ga, Athbheochan na Gaeilge) was the late-nineteenth-century Romantic nationalism, national revival of interest in the Irish language (also known as Gaelic) and Irish Gaelic culture (including Irish folklore, folklore, Iri ...

. For many critics its radical social message, its sympathy with the poor and marginalised, its tendency to convey urban life honestly and fairly and its avoidance of romanticising rural life in comparison to urban life makes it the outstanding novel of the

.Philip O'Leary, ''The Prose Literature of the Gaelic Revival, 1881–1921'' (Penn, 1994), ''passim''.

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* Full text of the 1916 edition at the Royal Irish Academy’s Digital Humanities Observatory online
''Deoraıḋeaċt'' (= ''Deoraidheacht'') (1916) by Pádraıc Ó Conaıre
1910 novels Irish-language literature Irish political novels 20th-century Irish novels {{1910s-poli-novel-stub