Frederick Ryan
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Frederick Ryan (1876 – 1913), was an Irish playwright and socialist.
[edit] Career
Ryan became secretary of the Irish National Theatre Society in 1902. There he would create realistic satire with the play The Laying of the Foundations. He was a member of the Celtic Literature Society and frequently wrote on political issues.
Ryan joined James Connolly’s Irish Socialist Republican Party, and would become the national secretary of the Socialist Party of Ireland. He was also a member of the Young Irelanders branch of the United Irish League. [1]
