Sean O'Faolain letters to Neil Middleton, and related material : Dublin, 1980-1982.

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Sean O'Faolain letters to Neil Middleton, and related material : Dublin, 1980-1982.

Eight letters, mainly related to a collection of O'Faolain's works. Also includes 4 printed pages from the appendix to The Irish, annotated; and 8 typescript (4 carbon) revisions of appendix to The Irish.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8339955

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O'Faoláin, Seán, 1900-1991

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Seán O'Faoláin was born John Whelan in County Cork, Ireland; he came from a loyalist family, and initally opposed the Easter Rebellion of 1916, but the excessive force used by the British to suppress the rebellion inspired his sense of Irish nationalism. He took Gaelic lessons and earned a scholarship to University College, Cork, changing his name to the Gaelic form. He studied and worked in America for several years, but was drawn back to Ireland, where he resolved to become a writer. Diverse...