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- Liam O'Leary was born in Youghal, Co. Cork. He was among the founder members of the Irish Film Society in 1936. He worked as a theatre director before producing documentaries in the 1940s.
The Irish political party, Clann na Poblachta, invited him to make a film to show the urban poverty that existed at the time. This was Our Country (1948).
He worked at the National Film Archive, London, from 1953 to 1965.- IMDb Mini Biography By: jwill25
- He was one of the founding members of the Irish Film Society in 1936.
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