Liam MacGabhann

Early Life
Liam MacGabhann (born William Cyprian Smith) (1908–1979) was an Irish journalist born Reenglas House on Valentia Island, Co Kerry in 1908.
He married Phenie (Tryphena) Franklin (b. 1917 Middlesbrough, England) and had three children Jack, Richard and Dorothy. Having started his career as a national school teacher on Valentia, he attended an interview for a post as film critic for the Irish Press. He was honest about his lack of knowledge, explaining that he had only heard of Greta Garbo and had been to a Mickey Mouse film, he was given the job anyway.
Liam MacGabhann worked for the Irish Press, was Irish editor The People Newspaper (1956), News Editor of the Irish Times, worked for This Week magazine and was one of the founding editors of the Sunday World. He died after a series of strokes in 1979 in Dublin.
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Travelled to America with Eamon DeValera on a Fianna Fáil fundraising tour.
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