Eoghan Corry's TRAVEL Extra

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WRITERS from Ireland’s county LEITRIM

John McGahern (1934-2006) Born in Knockanroe, near Ballinamore, McGahern was a novelist and short story writer, considered one of Ireland’s…

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Kate O’Brien (1897-1974) Born in Limerick city, O’Brien was a novelist and playwright whose works, such as Without My…

Ireland

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William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Born in Sandymount, Dublin, but raised in Sligo, W.B. Yeats was…

Ireland

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Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) (c. 1569-c. 1644) Born near Burgess, Tipperary, Keating was a priest,…

Ireland

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William Carleton (1794-1869) Born near Clogher, Tyrone, Carleton was a novelist and short-story writer whose…

Ireland

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Luke Wadding (1588-1657) Born in Waterford city, Wadding was a Franciscan friar, theologian, and historian.…

Ireland

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John Weldon (6 September 1890 – 4 February 1963; alternatively “A. E. Weldon”), known by…

Ireland

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John Banville (1945-) Born in Wexford town, Banville is a novelist, playwright, and critic, renowned…

Ireland

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Fanny Parnell (1848-1882) Born in Avondale, Wicklow, Fanny Parnell was a poet and nationalist, sister…

Ireland

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William Kennedy (1799–1871) Born in Armagh, Kennedy was a poet and antiquarian. His works, such…