Who is O'Leary?

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"September 1913" 38-39

Asked by cuchy c #336002 on 10/31/2013 1:45 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 10/31/2013 4:08 PM

Answered by Aslan on 10/31/2013 3:15 PM

O'Leary was most probably a revolutionary who tried to save Ireland from the kind of place Yeats is lamenting about.

Answered by Aslan on 10/31/2013 4:08 PM

John O'Leary was an Irish separatist. He representid a very organic sort of Ireland free of self-interest.