Broken landscapes

"Ernie O'Malley was a revolutionary and a writer. One of the leading figures in the Irish Independence and civil wars, he survived wounds, imprisonment and hunger strike. This book tells of his journeys afterwards in Europe and the Americas. O'Malley moved in wide social circles that included Paul Strand, Hart Crane and Jack Yeats. He was a close friend of John Ford, and worked on The Quiet Man . Back in Mayo he established a small farm. Marrying Helen Hooker, an American heiress, he had three children before a bitter separation. O'Malley established his literary reputation with his…