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Authors, Irish

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Brendan Behan Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1071
Scope and Contents

The typescript is a complete short story with the title "A Coat for Confirmation". This appears to be an early draft of Behan's short story "The Confirmation Suit", first published in The Catholic Standard, 27 March, 1953, and later included in Behan's Brendan Behan's Island: An Irish Sketchbook (1962). Ths short story has also been published in school anthologies.

Dates: circa 1953

Lord Dunsany Letters to Mrs. Wieland

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1002
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of ten letters sent from Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany to a Mrs. Wieland, largely concerning advice and critiques of her poetry. Additionally discusses Dunsany’s opinions on the publishing world.

Dates: 1926 - 1951; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1933

Walter de la Mare Letters to Lord Dunsany

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1003
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of eight letters sent from English poet Walter de la Mare to Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany.

Dates: 1923 - 1951