John M. Feehan (8 September 1916 – 25 May 1991) was an Irish author and publisher. The eldest son of a schoolmaster, Feehan was born in Dualla, County Tipperary.
He entered secondary schooling at Rockwell College and later attended University College Galway. [1]
Feehan joined the Irish Army and reached the rank of captain before resigning in 1945. He had four children. He founded the successful Cork-based publishing house Mercier Press in 1944 and served as its managing director. In 1946, he published This Tremendous Lover by Dom Eugene Boylan which sold over a million copies. 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. [2]
In 1972, Feehan wrote Tomorrow To Be Brave which recounted his wife’s life and death by cancer. He explored Ireland on foot and by boat, writing a number of books.[ citation needed]
He appeared as himself in the made-for-TV documentary on Michael Collins, The Shadow of Beal na blath (1991).[ citation needed]
Feehan died in Cork on 25 May 1991 of an apparent heart attack at the age of 74.[ citation needed]
John M. Feehan (8 September 1916 – 25 May 1991) was an Irish author and publisher. The eldest son of a schoolmaster, Feehan was born in Dualla, County Tipperary.
He entered secondary schooling at Rockwell College and later attended University College Galway. [1]
Feehan joined the Irish Army and reached the rank of captain before resigning in 1945. He had four children. He founded the successful Cork-based publishing house Mercier Press in 1944 and served as its managing director. In 1946, he published This Tremendous Lover by Dom Eugene Boylan which sold over a million copies. 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. [2]
In 1972, Feehan wrote Tomorrow To Be Brave which recounted his wife’s life and death by cancer. He explored Ireland on foot and by boat, writing a number of books.[ citation needed]
He appeared as himself in the made-for-TV documentary on Michael Collins, The Shadow of Beal na blath (1991).[ citation needed]
Feehan died in Cork on 25 May 1991 of an apparent heart attack at the age of 74.[ citation needed]