Tributes have flowed in for the Dublin publisher Michael O'Brien of O'Brien Press, who sadly passed away at the weekend.
Mr O’Brien, who was from Rathgar in north Dublin, founded the publishing house in 1974 along with his father Thomas, and he passed away suddenly on Sunday at St James’s Hospital. Mr O’Brien was described by his family as a “Publisher, activist, artist, sailor” in his obituary.
The O'Brien Press launched its first publication in November 1974, Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin , written by Éamonn MacThomáis and published while the author was in jail. Among the best known books published by the company was Marita Conlon-McKenna's 'Under the Hawthorn Tree', and it was also the first company to publish the author Eoin Colfer.
