On this day in 1903, Irish American writer Frank O'Connor was born in Cork, Ireland. In 1918, O'Connor joined the Irish Republican Army and helped fight in the war for independence. However, he opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and was imprisoned for being one of the Anti-Treaty combatants. After his release, O'Connor served briefly as a managing director at Dublin's Abbey … [Read more...] about September 17, 1903