Sam Hanna Bell (1909 – 1990) was a novelist, short story writer, playwright, and broadcaster who lived in Northern Ireland.
He was born in Glasgow to Ulster Scots parents. Following the death of his father he was brought at the age of seven to be reared in the Strangford Lough area of County Down, where his acclaimed novel of Ulster rural life, December Bride (1951), would be set. He moved to Belfast in 1921, where he worked at a variety of manual jobs before securing a post with the BBC in 1945.
In later work Hanna Bell incorporated the voices of 'ordinary people' in his attempt to paint a picture of Ulster as rooted in the lives and traditions of its people.
In 1977 he was honoured with an MBE in recognition of his contribution to the cultural life of Northern Ireland.
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THE CACHE; SHB#4 Lusky Woods. Some of the major events in December Bride take place in Lusky Woods. The cache is a small tab lock box hidden in a multi-trunked tree. Please take care to replace it well, so that it cannot be seen from the roadside. There is a lay-by beside GZ.