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Pádraig Augustine Ó Síocháin (P. A.) (1905–1995) was an Irish journalist, author, lawyer, Irish language activist and entrepreneur, born in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland on 26 May 1905, the sixth child and fourth son of five sons and five daughters of Daniel Desmond (D. D.) Sheehan BL, MP for Mid-Cork, of Kanturk, and Mary Pauline (née O'Connor) from Tralee, County Kerry.〔Cronin, Maurice & Lunney, Linde in: McGuire, James and Quinn, James (eds): ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002; Royal Irish Academy Vol. 7 p.950; Cambridge University Press (2009) ISBN 978-0-521-19981-0〕 ==Journalism== He was educated at Kanturk National school, Rochestown College, Cork, and the University of London, receiving a diploma in journalism in 1923.〔 Appointed junior reporter for the ''Daily Sketch'' in London in 1924, he returned to Ireland later that year as junior editor of the ''Enniscorthy Echo'', County Wexford.〔 Moving to Dublin, from 1927 to 1931 he was a reporter, political and aviation correspondent for ''The Irish Times'', reporting exclusively on the first non-stop east-west transatlantic flight in 1928 by an aeroplane, the ''Bremen'', a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, from Baldonnel Airfield, County Dublin.〔The Flight of the Bremen, republished 50 years on, retrieved from ''The Irish Times'' 12 April 1978〕 He was one of the founder members of ''The Irish Press'' in 1931, for which he worked as political correspondent for some years. As member of the National Union of Journalists he served many years on the 'Newspaper Conciliation Board' as trade union representative. He was responsible for securing the agreement settling the hours and wages for journalists in the Irish national press. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「P. A. Ó Síocháin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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