“The Fairy Goose,” “The Mountain Tavern,” “The Sinner,” “Trapped.”

Liam Flaherty

“The Fairy Goose,” “The Mountain Tavern,” “The Sinner,” “Trapped.”

1926-29

Autograph manuscript drafts

Liam O’Flaherty was raised in a family that spoke both English and Irish. While he was a lifelong socialist, five of whose novels were banned by the Irish State, he found critical success with The Informer (1925), which was made into a film by John Ford. Three of these early short stories appeared in his collection The Mountain Tavern (1928).