Flann O'Brien
Brian Ó Nualláin, writing as Flann O'Brien for his English novels and Myles na gCopaleen for his Irish newspaper column, was born in 1911 in Strabane, County Tyrone, into an Irish-speaking family.
One of twelve siblings, he grew up in an insular household before settling in Dublin in 1925 and studying at University College Dublin.
Celebrated as a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature, his works are renowned for bizarre humour and Modernist metafiction.
His legacy endures culturally — a Belfast café is named "The Fourth Policeman" as a playful homage to his most celebrated novel.
