Seán O'Callaghan, born John Callaghan, (1918-2000)
was an Irish journalist and non-fiction author.
Born in
Killavullen, County Cork, after service in the Irish Army he moved to England, working as a journalist there and after 1952, as a correspondent in Africa. He later moved to
Malta.
His 2001 book, ''To Hell or Barbados: The ethnic cleansing of Ireland'', controversially claimed that many thousands of Irish people were transported to
Barbados as slaves after the
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649–1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Cromwell invaded Ireland wi ...
. His statements have been
characterised as a myth, with virtually all historians saying that O'Callaghan confused slavery with indenture.
Selected publications
* ''The Easter Lily'' (1957)
*
The Jackboot in Ireland'. Allan Wingate, London, 1958.
* ''To Hell or Barbados: The ethnic cleansing of Ireland''. O'Brien Press Ltd, Dublin, 2000
References
Irish non-fiction writers
1918 births
2000 deaths
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