Nicholas Furlong (1929 – 21 March 2022) was an Irish farmer, journalist, author and historian from County Wexford.
[2] His father also owned a Pub, located on Wexford town's main street.
[3] For many years he wrote a satirical column for the People Group under the pen name "Pat O'Leary" and wrote regular features in The Irish Press, the Farmers Journal and Biatas (journal to the Irish Sugar Company).
[2] Furlong was also a member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
[4] Furlong wrote such books as: Furlong also wrote for the stage, his plays included: Insurrection '98,[1] The Lunatic Fringe, Purple and Gold, and Storm the Bastille which was produced by Harry Ringwood and first performed in Abbey Square, Enniscorthy, in July 1989.