Dorothy Macardle

Irish writer, novelist, playwright, and historian, was born in Dundalk into a wealthy brewing family. A member of the Gaelic League and Cumann na mBan, Macardle spent time imprisoned because of her activities during the Irish Civil War. She later wrote about those experiences in the collection of weird tales EARTHBOUND: NINE STORIES OF IRELAND (1924, expanded as EARTH-BOUND AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL TALES (zb 2016, 15). One of her most famous books was THE IRISH REPUBLIC (1937),a narrative account of the Irish War of Independence and its aftermath. She died in Drogheda in 1958, critical of what she saw as the reduced status of women in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.
Her classic ghost story novel UNEASY FREEHOLD (1941, vt THE UNINVITED 1942 US)) is of significant influence and basis for the 1944 classic movie , and is cited as a favorite of later writers such as Marion Zimmer Bradley. Other novels of the uncanny: THE UNFORESEEN (1946 US, vt FANTASTIC SUMMER 1946 UK) and DARK ENCHANMENT (1953).