Liam O’Flaherty was a major Irish novelist and short story writer. He is known as one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the twentieth century, writing about the common people’s...ver maisLiam O’Flaherty was a major Irish novelist and short story writer. He is known as one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the twentieth century, writing about the common people’s experience from their perspective.ver menos