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Behan, Brendan
Brendan Behan. Image source stvincentsboysschool.ie Brendan Behan (known in Irish as Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born in Dublin in 1923. He served in Borstal (juvenile prison) for his activities in the...
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Beckett, Samuel
Samuel Beckett. Image source groveatlantic.com Samuel Beckett was born in Foxrock, Co Dublin in 1906. His fiction includes More Pricks Than Kicks (London, Chatto and Windus, 1934); Murphy (London, G....
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Barry, Sebastian
Sebastian Barry. Image source faber.co.uk Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays are The Pentagonal Dream (Damer Theatre 1986); Boss Grady’s Boys (Abbey Theatre, Peacock stage, Dublin...
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Barrett, Anne
Anne Barrett. Image source munsterlit.ie Anne Barrett was born in Co Clare. Her first film, Spring Cleaning (Channel 4/RTÉ, 1986), received two international film awards, including Special Juror’s...
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Bardwell, Leland
Leland Bardwell. Image source aosdana.artscouncil.ie Leland Bardwell was born in India of Irish parents in 1922 and was brought to Ireland at the age of two. Her collections of poetry are The Mad...
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Banville, John
John Banville. Image source panmacmillan.co.uk John Banville was born in Wexford in 1945. His novels are Long Lankin ([nine short stories and the novella, The Possessed], London, Secker & Warburg,...
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Bannister, Ivy
Ivy Bannister. Image source ivybannister.com Ivy Bannister was born in New York City in 1951. Her short story collection is Magician (Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1996). Many other stories have been...
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Paulin, Tom
Tom Paulin. Image source Faber & FaberTom Paulin was born in Leeds in 1949 but grew up in Belfast. His poetry collections include A State Of Justice (London, Faber & Faber, 1977); The Strange...
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Hijmans, Alex
Alex Hijmans. Image credit: Natan Fox. Source alexhijmans.wordpress.com Alex Hijmans was born in Heemskerk in Holland In 1975. He moved to Ireland when he was twenty years old and learned Irish as part...
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Duffy, Noel
Noel Duffy. Image source noelduffy.netNoel Duffy was born in Dublin in 1971. His poetry is collected as The Silence After (South Tipperary Arts Centre & Start Magazine, 2003); for which he was...
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McCabe, Patrick
Patrick McCabe. Image source castlebar.iePatrick McCabe was born in Clones, Co Monaghan in 1955. He has published a children’s story, The Adventures of Shay Mouse (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1985), and...
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Casey, Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie Casey. Image source anne-mariecasey.com Anne-Marie Casey was a script editor and producer of prime-time television drama for ten years before becoming a writer full time. She has written...
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Ailís Ní Ríain. Image source ailis.info Ailís Ní Ríain was born in Cork in 1974. Although her formal artistic training and career has been in classical music as a composer and pianist, she is also a...
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