Boston College collection of Thomas Kinsella

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Boston College collection of Thomas Kinsella

1984-2001

https://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/BC2022-049

Correspondence and works by Irish poet Thomas Kinsella, relating to the publication of Selected Poems 1962-1989 (1989), Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute (1992), and "Glenmacnass," with illustrations by John Behan (2001).

3.5 Linear Feet (3 containers)

eng, Latn

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676874

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Kinsella, Thomas, 1928-2021

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Thomas Kinsella was born on May 4, 1928, in Inchicore, outside Dublin, Ireland to John Paul and Agnes (Casserly) Kinsella. He earned a diploma in public administration from University College Dublin and entered the Irish civil service in 1946, writing poetry in his spare time. During this period he met three people who influenced much of his life: Eleanor Walsh, a radiology student, whom he married in 1955; Liam Miller, publisher at Dolmen Press; and the composer Seán Ó Riada. Thomas and Ellen h...