Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (writer)
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Mícheal Ó Súilleabháin (; 21 February 1917 – 4 November 2004) was an Irish writer. He wrote ''Where Mountainy Men Have Sown'', an account of the
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Irish male non-fiction writers 1917 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Irish non-fiction writers 21st-century Irish non-fiction writers Writers from County Kerry {{Ireland-writer-stub