Corkery, Daniel (1878–1964)

Irish writer. Born and educated in Cork, he later became professor of English literature at University College, Cork, 1931–47. His short stories accurately depict provincial life and speech and at their best have a brooding power. The Hidden Ireland (1925), a lyrical study of Gaelic Munster in the 18th century, had an enormous influence on contemporary Irish views of the past.

Among his collections of stories are A Munster Twilight (1916) and The Stormy Hills (1929). His criticism, as in Synge and Anglo-Irish Literature (1931), is often nationalistic, but he did see Ireland's history in a European context.