Background
O’Brien, Seumas was born on April 26, 1880 in Glenbrook, County Cork, Eire. Son of John Jay and Elizabeth Harding (Aherne) O’B.
O’Brien, Seumas was born on April 26, 1880 in Glenbrook, County Cork, Eire. Son of John Jay and Elizabeth Harding (Aherne) O’B.
Educated Presentation Brothers’ School, Cork, Cork School of Art, Cork School of Music, National College of Art (Dublin), Royal College of Art (London). Unmarried.
Instructor in art, Cork School of Art, Mount Saint Joseph’s Monastery, Cork, Queenstown Technology School, National College of Art, Dublin, until 1912. Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy. Awarded silver medal (sculpture), by Board of Education, London, 1912.
Came to the United States, 1913.
Instructor in art, Newark (New Jersey) School of Fine and Industrial Arts. American representative Irish Playwrights’ Association.
Member American Irish History Society, Stephen Crane Association.
