[2] Ó Conaire was born in the Lobster Pot public house on the New Docks[3] in Galway on 28 February 1882.

He died on a visit to Dublin in 1928 after complaining of internal pains while at the head office of the Gaelic League.

His fellow poet Frederick Robert Higgins wrote a celebrated Lament for Pádraic Ó Conaire.

Ó Conaire's short story M'asal Beag Dubh was the inspiration for an Internet-based satire on the football transfer market.

[5] A statue of Ó Conaire was unveiled in 1935 by Éamon de Valera in Eyre Square in the heart of Galway City.

[8] The following is a selection of Ó Conaire's notable works which have been republished, have won awards, been translated, or gained attention in the national press.