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Eoin Ó Murchú | |
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| Born | Owen Murphy Dartford, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Writer and retired journalist |
| Language | Irish and English |
| Education | Trinity College Dublin |
| Literary movement | Gaelic revival |
| Notable works | Culture and Revolution in Ireland |
Eoin Ó Murchú is a writer and retired journalist in both Irish and English, a political activist and a former member ofOfficial Sinn Féin/the Workers' Party, and theCommunist Party of Ireland.[1] He is currently the interim national chairperson of the Irish Communist Party.[2]
Ó Murchú was born and reared in England, where he joined theConnolly Association and got involved in the republican movement. He studied atTrinity College Dublin and was a founding member of the Republican Club in the college and served as its chairman.
Ó Murchú edited the newspaper of the official republican movementUnited Irishman[3] and served on the Ard Comhairle of Official Sinn Féin.[4] His 1971 workCulture and Revolution in Ireland, formed a synthesis ofGaelic revival andMaoist themes. Ó Murchú was aligned with the faction who moved the Official Republican movement away from the armed struggle towards a socialist and electoral path.[3] After joining the Communist party he served as its southern secretary, and also edited the party's newspaperThe Irish Socialist.[5] In 1984, he stood unsuccessfully in theLaois–Offaly by-election as the Communist Party candidate.[6]
He worked as political correspondent forRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Although retired from RTE, Ó Murchú remained active as a columnist and commentator appearing on Vincent Browne Tonight programme on TV3 from time to time. He also writes Political and Irish language columns forAn Phoblacht.
He is a writer forTuairisc.ie[7] and has written forTrinity News.[8]