Frederick Ryan (1876 – April 1913), was an

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Career

Ryan became secretary of the

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in 1902. There he would create realistic satire with the play ''The Laying of the Foundations''. He was a member of the Celtic Literature Society and frequently wrote on political issues. Ryan joined

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, and would become the national secretary of the Socialist Party of Ireland. He was also a member of the Young Irelanders branch of the

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. He lived in Cairo as editor of the ''Egyptian Standard'', from 1907 to 1909, then was organiser for the Irish Socialist Party. He edited

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’s ''Egypt'' in London. He died in Blunt's house of appendicitis in 1913.

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1876 births 1913 deaths Irish socialists Irish dramatists and playwrights Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish political writers {{Ireland-writer-stub