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Eoin Ó Murchú

Eoin Ó Murchú
BornEoin Murray
London, England
OccupationWriter and retired journalist
LanguageIrish and English
EducationTrinity College Dublin
Literary movementGaelic revival
Notable worksCulture 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 of Official Sinn Féin/the Workers' Party, and the Communist Party of Ireland.[1] He is currently the interim national chairperson of the Irish Communist Party.[2]

Biography

Background

Ó Murchú was born and reared in England, where he joined the Connolly Association and got involved in the republican movement. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and was a founding member of the Republican Club in the college and served as its chairman.

Official Sinn Féin and Communist Party

Ó Murchú edited the newspaper of the official republican movement United Irishman[3] and served on the Ard Comhairle of Official Sinn Féin.[4] His 1971 work Culture and Revolution in Ireland, formed a synthesis of Gaelic revival and Maoist 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 newspaper The Irish Socialist.[5] In 1984, he stood unsuccessfully in the Laois–Offaly by-election as the Communist Party candidate.[6]

RTÉ and journalism

He worked as political correspondent for RTÉ 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 for An Phoblacht.

He is a writer for Tuairisc.ie[7] and has written for Trinity News.[8]

Publications

  • Culture and Revolution in Ireland, Eoin Ó Murchú, Official Sinn Féin/Repsol, 1971
  • The Workers' Party, Its Evolution and Its future, A Critique, Eoin Ó Murchú, Communist Party of Ireland, 1982

References

  1. ^ The Workers’ Party: Its Evolution and Its future: A Critique” Eoin Ó Murchú of the Communist Party of Ireland Archived 19 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Irish Left Archive
  2. ^ "About – Irish Communist Party". Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b Hanley, Brian; Millar, Scott (2009). The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party. Dublin: Penguin Ireland. ISBN 978-1844881208.
  4. ^ Century of Endeavour - Sinn Féin minutes January 1971 Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Dr. Roy Johnston, 1999.
  5. ^ O Murchu Archived 15 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine www.markhumphrys.com
  6. ^ "Eoin O Murchu". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Eoin Ó Murchú –". Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Eoin Ó Murchú, Author at Trinity News". Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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