![]() ![]() He worked in a small propaganda unit in Cork City. ![]() He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, and took the Anti-Treaty side in the ensuing Irish Civil War. In 1918, he joined the First Brigade of the Irish Republican Army in its resistance to British rule. Patrick's National School under tutelage of Corkery. In the process, O'Connor successfully taught himself French and German, which reaped great rewards for him as he would go on to write over 150 short stories. In fact, writing and books were his safe haven from the terrifying family life he was forced to endure. He has recounted the early years of his life in one of his best books, An Only Child, a memoir not published until 1961, but which had the immediacy of a precocious diary. As a result, O'Connor's writing is scarred with the stains of his tumultuous childhood. His father found it outlandish that instead of wrestling, Frank preferred to read. In addition, O'Connor's father berated him with derogatory comments toward his masculinity. While his father was an addicted drunkard who could not refrain from exceeding all credit limits, O'Connor's mother took full responsibility of the household and supported the family single-handedly. Frank O'Connor was raised in an extremely chaotic environment in which his only refuge was his mother, Minnie. ![]()
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