BOOK NO: 1588 (Book numbers refer to library boxes recorded via ledger. Please contact the Librarian quoting this number if you have an interest in a specific title.)
John M. Feehan (1916 – 1991); Born in Tipperary. Founder of the Mercier Press, Cork Publishing Company in 1944. At the Frankfurt Book Fair he secured the translation rights of German books on philosophy and religion that sold well. In the 1960s he launched a successful range of paperbacks on Irish literature, culture, religion and history. He explored Ireland on foot and by boat, writing a number of books. He joined Irish Army and achieved rank of captain before resigning in 1945. He appeared as himself in the made-for-TV documentary on Michael Collins, The Shadow of Beal na blath (1991). Feehan died in Cork on 25 May 1991 of an apparent heart attack at the age of 74
