Introduction
Herbert Moore Pim was a writer, activist and bohemian who changed both political and religious allegiances multiple times during his lifetime.
Biography
Born to a Quaker family he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1910.He was arrested for his role in the Easter Rising and for a short period after his release was claimed to be the leader of the Sinn Féin party.In June 1918 he resigned Sinn Féin and turned to extreme right-wing unionism.
In Pim left for France, later obtaining French French citizenship and marrying Germaine Eleanor Dussotour.He wrote the book French love in 1927, it was a fictionalised and embellishment of his life story and was banned in Ireland.The 1930s saw his involvement with fascism in Italy.He went to England in 1937 to be close to his friend Lord Alfred Douglas in Sussex, England.
He died in Sussex in 1950 aged 67.
Sources and further reading
- Brennan, Cathal (3 February 2012). "The Curious Career of Herbert Moore Pim". The Irish Story. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2019.