Nicholas Furlong (writer)
Nicholas Furlong was an Irish farmer, journalist, author and historian from County Wexford.
Biography
Nicholas Furlong was born in Wexford in 1929. He became a dairy farmer on the family farm at Mulgannon. His father also owned a Pub, located on Wexford town's main street. He attended St Peter's College, Wexford, the Salesian Agricultural College, Warrenstown, County Meath, and University College Dublin.For many years he wrote a satirical column for the People Group under the pen name "Pat O'Leary" and wrote regular features in The Irish Press, the Farmers Journal and Biatas. He latterly worked as a columnist with Echo Group Newspapers.
Furlong was also a member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. He died in County Wexford on 21 March 2022, at the age of 93.
Works
Furlong wrote such books as:- Wexford in the Rare Oul' Times. Numerous Volumes - consisting primarily of early photographs of County Wexford. Volume 1 was published in 1985.
- A History of County Wexford. Dublin: Gill & MacMillan, 2003..
- Foster Son to a King. Dublin: Children's Press, 1986.
- Fr John Murphy of Boolavogue 1753–1798. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1991..
- The Greatest Hurling Decade. Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1993.
- Diarmait: King of Leinster. Cork: Mercier Press, 2006.. This is a biography of Dermot Mac Murrough, an edition previously published as Dermot, King of Leinster, and the foreigners. Tralee, Co. Kerry: Anvil Books, 1973.
- "Young Farmer Seeks Wife". Dublin: Merlin Mercier, 2002. This was his first novel.