This was 1946 and anxious to avoid military service he returned to Belfast. He was not happy with the life of a prospective priest and left St Joseph”s. Following high school, Fiacc enrolled at the Seminary of St Joseph where he studied for a further five years under the Irish Capuchin Order. He produced a volume of poetry and 4 plays which have since been lost. It was during this time he met the man who became his mentor, Padraic Colum. Fiacc was raised in Hell’s Kitchen and attended two of the local high school. In the late 1920’s the family was reunited when the rest of the family travelled to New York. He left his son behind in the care of his maternal grandparents. The family lived in the Lisburn area of Belfast, but when their home was set on fire during an anti-Catholic action, Fiacc”s father left and emigrated over to New York. He went on to praise the poet for his courage in being able to bring difficult subjects to his work, despite the tragedy and loss he had experienced in his life.īorn Patrick Joseph O’Connor in 1924, in Belfast, Fiacc chose the pseudonym to honour his mentor the poet Padraic Colum.
Tributes have been paid to the great poet by figures in the literary world and also President Michael D Higgins who had visited Fiacc last week and read poetry to him. Padraic Fiacc, the Irish poet, who was born Patrick Joseph O’Connor, passed away on Monday evening at the nursing home in Belfast where he had been living. Irish Poet Padraic Fiacc Passes Away Aged 94 Today on My Poetic Side we bring you the sad news that the literary world has lost another important member.
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