D. P. Moran

D. P. Moran
BornDavid Patrick Moran
(1869-03-22)22 March 1869
Waterford, Ireland
Died31 January 1936(1936-01-31) (aged 66)
Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland
Pen nameTom O'Kelly
OccupationJournalist, activist, theorist
NationalityIrish
EducationCastleknock College
University of London
GenreNationalism
Literary movementCeltic Revival
Notable worksThe Philosophy of Irish Ireland
SpouseCatherine O'Toole

David Patrick Moran (Irish: Dáithí Pádraig Ó Móráin; 22 March 1869 – 31 January 1936), better known as simply D. P. Moran, was an Irish journalist, activist and cultural-political theorist, known as the principal advocate of a specifically Gaelic Catholic Irish nationalism during the early 20th century. Associated with the wider Celtic Revival, he promoted his ideas primarily through his journal, The Leader, and compilations of his articles such as the book The Philosophy of Irish Ireland.

He was born in Manor, a townland in Waterford, the youngest of twenty children born to James Moran, a builder, and Elizabeth (née Casey) Moran.[1] [2] One of his brothers would serve on the defense team of Patrick O'Donnell.[3]

He was educated at Castleknock College, near Dublin before working as a journalist in London, where he was a member of the Irish Literary Society. His brand of nationalism and concept of the decolonisation of Ireland was of a homogeneous Irish-speaking and Roman Catholic nation, promoting the revival of the Irish language and of Gaelic games in Irish cultural life. He often employed disparaging terms ("West Brits", "shoneens", "sourfaces") in reference to Unionists and/or non-Catholics.[4]

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  2. ^ "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ ""MORAN, David Patrick (1869–1936)". Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ^ ""MORAN, David Patrick (1869–1936)". Retrieved 27 July 2022.